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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Phoenicia| > RY73943
Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Caesarea ad Libanum, Phoenicia
|Roman| |Phoenicia|, |Severus| |Alexander,| |13| |March| |222| |-| |March| |235| |A.D.,| |Caesarea| |ad| |Libanum,| |Phoenicia|, Arqa is a Sunni village in northern Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast. It was Arqat in the Bible and the Tell Arqa archaeological site goes back to Neolithic times. After the death of Alexander, it was first under the Lagids then the Seleucids. When the Romans gained the area, they entrusted Arca as a client tetrarchy or principate to a certain Sohaimos, who died in 48 or 49 A.D. It was then incorporated in the Roman province of Syria, but was soon entrusted to Herod Agrippa II. Pliny the Elder counts it among the tetrarchies of Syria. It was at this time that its name was changed to Caesarea, distinguished from other cities of that name by being called Caesarea ad Libanum or Arca Caesarea. Under Septimius Severus it was made part of the province of Syria Phoenicia and became known as Arca in Phoenicia. Under Caracalla it became a colonia.

Severus Alexander was born at Caesarea ad Libanum on 1 Oct 208, while his parents were visiting. We can imagine this type was struck with excitement as soon as they learned that the new caesar was the boy born in their own city. A few days later they probably learned Severus Alexander had been made emperor.
RY73943. Bronze AE 23, Lindgren I 2288; BMC Phoenicia p. 110, 9; cf. Rouvier 739; SNG Cop -; SNG Munchen -; SNG Righetti -; SNG Delepierre -; SNG Hunterian -; Baramki AUB -, VF, crowded flan, porosity emphasized by red earthen fill, Caesarea ad Libanum (Arqa, Lebanon) mint, weight 8.410g, maximum diameter 22.8mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, 11 - 14 Mar 222 A.D.; obverse AVR ALEZANΔROS CAESAR, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse COL C-ES-AR-IA LIB, ITVR in exergue, Tetrastyle temple with central arch and wings; in central shrine, Astarte standing facing, wearing tall headdress, right hand raised holding long scepter(?), crowned by a male figure in military garb (Severus Alexander?) on right; in each wing a female deity stands facing; extremely rare; SOLD



  






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