RPC VI, 8292 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8292 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue ΓΛΦ = 533
Dating 221/222
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design bare head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΓΛΦ
Reverse design front view of shrine with four columns(?) topped by arch within which statue of Astarte(?) standing facing and resting on long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y 28598.20
2 2     NY: 1944.100.71182
3 3     ✸ O
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Private coll. H. Williams, UK