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Diassarion - Severus Alexander as Caesar
| Issuer | Caesareia ad Libanum |
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| Year | 222 |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Astarte, the principal deity of Caesareia ad Libanum, depicted standing facing, wearing a kalathos (cylindrical crown) upon her head and holding a long scepter upright in her right hand. A military figure, likely Ares or a Roman soldier, stands to the left behind her and reaches forward to place a crown upon her head, a motif alluding to divine legitimization of Roman colonial authority. The composition is framed by a Latin colonial legend distributed across the field, consistent with the bilingual numismatic tradition of Phoenician colonial coinage under the Severan dynasty. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Caesareia ad Libanum (Phoenicia) |
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