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                <title>Roman Provincial Coin Type struck under Severus Alexander from Sidon in Phoenicia</title>
                                    <editor>Jerome Mairat supported by a fine-tuned OpenAI GPT-4o mini model</editor>
                                    <funder>John Fell OUP Research Fund</funder>
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                            <origDate datingMethod="#julian" notBefore-custom="222" notAfter-custom="235">Severus Alexander</origDate>
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						<persName type="emperor">
						    <rs type="title" key="Imperator"><expan><abbr>Im<del>r</del><supplied reason="omitted">p</supplied></abbr><ex>eratori</ex></expan></rs>
						    <name type="title" key="Caesar"><expan><abbr>Cae</abbr><ex>sari</ex></expan></name>
						    <name type="praenomen" key="Marcus"><expan><abbr>M</abbr><ex>arco</ex></expan></name>
						    <name type="nomen" key="Aurelius"><expan><abbr>Aur</abbr><ex>elio</ex></expan></name>
						    <name type="cognomen" key="Severus"><expan><abbr>Sev</abbr><ex>ero</ex></expan></name>
						    <name type="cognomen" key="Alexander">Alexandro</name>
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						    <name type="cognomen" key="Pia">Pia</name>
						    <name type="metropolis" key="Metropolis"><expan><abbr>Metr</abbr><ex>opolis</ex></expan></name>
						    <name type="city" key="Sidon"><expan><abbr>Sid</abbr><ex>on</ex></expan></name>
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                    <ab n="obverse">to Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander</ab>
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                <div type="commentary" subtype="face" n="obv"><p>laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear</p></div>
                <div type="commentary" subtype="face" n="rev"><p>front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre, crowned by Nike standing on small column, left, on her left; to left, Marsyas standing, right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; below, fence(?)</p></div>
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                        <ref target="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/51728">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/51728</ref>
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