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| Lindgren 2156 | Syria, Coele-Syria. Civic Issue. 2nd-3rd Century AD. AE 13mm. Marsyas standing right, holding wineskin / COL-HEL in two lines within laurel wreath. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 262 | Heliopolis, Syria, AE14, 1,93 gr. Severan times, ca. AD 193-215. C-HE across field, Marsyas standing right, right hand raised, wineskin over shoulder / COL HEL in two lines within laurel wreath. Sawaya 262. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 263 | Heliopolis, Syria, AE13, Severan times. C-HE, Marsyas standing right, holding wine skin over shoulder and raising right hand / CHE within wreath. Sawaya 263. | Text | Image |
| AML 2157 | Septimius Severus AE 22mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. Laureate bust right / COL HEL, two legionary standards with eagles. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| BMC 1 | Septimius Severus AE24 of Heliopolis, Syria. 193-211 AD. 11.50g. IMP L SEV PERT AVG (from top right), radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COL HEL above turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche left, cornucopiae and palm branch behind head. BMC 1; Sawaya 84. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren III 1267 | Septimius Severus AE 16mm of Heliopolis in Coele Syria. Laureate head right / C-O H-EL in two lines across fields, caduceus in wreath. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren III 1266 | Septimius Severus AE 18mm of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Nike advancing left with palm, CO HEL in two lines in left field. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren III 1268 | Septimius Severus AE 21mm of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. Laureate head right / Turreted and veiled head of Tyche left; palm and cornucopiae behind. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren III 1274 | Septimius Severus AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Caracalla and Geta clasping hands, CH/L in field. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 13-25 | Septimius Severus, AE25 of Heliopolis, Syria. AD 94. IMP L SEPT SEV PERT AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. / COL HEL beneath Tychè, turreted and holding rudder and cornucopiae, standing left on a pedestal between two female figures, each standing on a low column and holding the ends of a waving veil, at Tyche's feet are two small figures each holding a torch. Sawaya 13-25; Paris FG139; SNG Switzerland II 2162; Lindgren III 1273; Banque du Liban 362. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 35 | Septimius Severus AE23 of Heliopolis, Syria. ca AD 194. 9.60 gr. (anticlockwise from top right) IMP L SEPT SEV PERT AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL HEL, Two male figures standing left, each holding a rearing kid and a club. Sawaya 35; SNG Copenhagen 428. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 80 | Septimius Severus, AE of Heliopolis, Syria. 8.52 g. IMP L SEP SEV PERT AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / COL HEL to left of turreted and veiled bust of Tyche left, palm branch and cornucopiae behind head. Sawaya 80; Ronde 220c. | Text | Image |
| SGI 2265 | Divus Septimius Severus AE 23mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOMH COL HEL, decastyle temple of Zeus Heliopolitanus on raised podium, viewed from aerial perspective. Price and Trell 702, BMC 4. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 428 | Septimius Severus AE 22mm of Heliopolis, Syria, Coele-Syria. Laureate head right / Two male hunters, nude, standing facing, heads left, holding clubs at left shoulders and game in right hands. | Text | Image |
| SNGCop 428var | Septimius Severus, AE of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. 8.34 g. [IMP L SEP SE]V PERT AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / COL HEL, two male deities (Herakles and Bacchus?) standing facing, side by side, each looking left, holding a slain deer and a club and holding unclear objects over shoulders. SNG Cop. 428 var (bust type). SNG München 1029 var (ditto); Lindgren II 2160 var. (ditto). | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 429 | Septimius Severus AE 24mm of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus in perspective. BMC 2. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren 2089 | Julia Domna AE 27mm of Syria, Coele-Syria, Heliopolis. Draped bust right / Caracalla and Geta, togate, standing confronted, clasping hands. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 165-170 var | Julia Domna, AE27 of Heliopolis, Syria. AD 193-217. 13.62 g. IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right. / CET CLE LNT T around, CO HL in two lines in centre, AVGVS in exergue, Caracalla and Geta, both togate, standing facing each other, clasping hands. Legends var of Sawaya 165-170 (all with IVL on obv and AVG on rev.) | Text | Image |
| Lindgren I A2162a | Caracalla AE 18mm of Heliopolis in Syria. Laureate head right / COL HEL, Hermes standing facing, head left, holding caduceus. SNG Cop 430. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren III 1280a | Caracalla AE 21mm of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left with palm; CO/HEL in left field. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren 2161 | Caracalla AE 21mm of Syria, Coele-Syria, Heliopolis. Laureate head right / Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche of Heliopolis left; palm branch and cornucopiae over shoulder. SNG Cop 431; BMC 11. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren 1280 | Caracalla AE 30mm of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOMH COL HL, perspective view of the temple complex of Jupiter Heliopolitanus. Price and Trell 702. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 941cf | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Heliopolis, Syria. AYT K M A ANTΩNEINOC CEB, laureate head right / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle, wings spread and head turned to right, holding wreath in beak, standing facing on lion walking right. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1194 | Caracalla, AR tetradrachm of Heliopolis, Syria. AYT K MA ANTωNEINOC CEB, laureate head right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing front, head and tail right, wings spread, wreath in beak. Star over lion walking right below. Prieur 1194; Bellinger 213. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1195 | Caracalla, AR tetradrachm of Heliopolis, Syria. 26 mm, 13.10 g. AYT K MA ANTΩNEINOC CEB, radiate head right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing left, head and tail right, star over lion walking right between legs. Prieur 1195; Bellinger 212. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 217-222 | Caracalla, AE19 of Heliopolis, Syria. 5.63g. ca AD 198. (clockwise from upper right) ANT AVC, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. / COL HEL in two lines between two legionary eagles, all within laurel wreath. Sawaya 217-222; Lindgren III 1279; Paris Y28472,4. | Text | Image |
| BMC 13 Sear'88 #2045 | Geta, as Caesar, AE 24mm of Heliopolis in Syria. GETA CAESAR, laureate, draped bust right / COL HEL, turreted and veiled head of Tyche left; palm and cornucopiae behind. SNGCop 432, BMC 13. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren III 1282 | Geta AE 22mm of Heliopolis, Syria. GETA AVGVST, laureate and draped bust right / COL HEL, between two aquilae; wreath all around. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet 116v | Geta AE 27mm of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus in perspective. Mionnet Supp. 8, 116 var (obv. legend). | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1202 | Macrinus AR Tetradrachm of Heliopolis, Syria. AVT K M OP CE MAKPINOC CE, laureate draped bust right / DHMARC EX UPATOC III(?), eagle standing facing, head left with wreath in its beak, star and lion right between its legs. | Text | Image |
| BMC 21 | Philip I, AE27 of Heliopolis, Syria. 17.53 gr. IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, Tyche of Heliopolis standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopiae; two Genii each holding a torch at her feet left and right, on the far sides, two Nikes standing right and left on columns, holding the ends of a veil above Tyche's head. Sawaya 452; SNG Cop. 434; BMC 21; Waagé 889; SNG Munich 1037-1039. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren I 2164 | Philip I AE30 of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL H-E-L, turreted and veiled head of Tyche left; standard before, cornucopiae behind. | Text | Image |
| Saulcy 2 | Philip I. AE28. Heliopolis, Syria. 244-249 AD. IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from back / IOMH COL HEL, perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus. de Saulcy TS 2. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 539 | Philip I AE31 of Heliopolis, Syria. 12.2 g. AYTOK K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / [COL IVL AVG] FEL HEL, tetrastyle temple with arched pediment, Tyche standing facing within, holding rudder and cornucopiae, two small figures at her sides, each holding a torch in raised hands. Sawaya 539; Berlin 18209418. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 434 | Philip I AE 28mm of Heliopolis in Coele Syria. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing with rudder and cornucopiae, male figures (athletes?) holding up a wreath. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 435 | Philip I AE28 of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG CL HEL, temple of Hermes-Simios on tree-covered hill; stairway from ground to summit, purse and [caduceus] in courtyard. Price and Trell 703. | Text | Image |
| FAKE BMC 15 | Philip I, AE28 of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. IMP CAES M IVL PHILPPVS OVBOVS, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / IOMH COL HEL above and beneath the temple of Zeus Heliopolitanus, seen in perspective, with numerous columns, standing on podium, approached by a flight of steps in front, grain ear to right. IAPN BOC Vol 18, No. 1, example 10. A modern fake of BMC 15; de Saulcy TS 2. Note the spelling error PHILPPVS and the nonsensical ending of the obv. legend. | Text | Image |
| BMC 23 | Otacilia Severa AE27mm of Heliopolis, Syria. OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, diademed draped bust right, on crescent / COL IVL AVG FE IOMH, COL HEL in exergue, propylaeum (monumental gateway) to the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus, a cypress tree in central arch, with small altar at the bottom of the stairway. Mionnet V 128. | Text | Image |
| BMC 24 | Otacilia Severa AE 28mm of Heliopolis, Syria. OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, diademed draped bust right, set on crescent / COL IVL AVG FEL, HEL in ex, Tyche standing facing, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopiae; male figures standing on either side, each holding a wreath in upraised hand; all within billowing canopy held by female figures (Nikai), each set on cippus. L&K 2166, SNG Cop 436. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 437 | Otacilia Severa, AE27 of Heliopolis, Syria, OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, diademed draped bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, Temple of Zeus seen in perspective, COL HEL in ex. | Text | Image |
| BMC 26 | Philip II AE 22mm of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Hermes standing facing, holding caduceus and purse. Lindgren I 2167. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren I 2168 | Philip II AE 22mm of Heliopolis in Syria. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Founder plowing right with two oxen; two standards behind. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet 120cf | Philip II, AE28 of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / LEG V MACED VIII AVG (or similar), COL HEL in ex. turreted head facing on cippus, soldiers standing facing to left and right, each holding a vexillium and resting hand on shield. cf Mionnet 5, 120 (Philip I). | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 433 | Philip II AE 17mm of Heliopolis, Syria, Coele-Syria. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Two aquilas within wreath. Lindgren I 2168A. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 433 | Philip II AE 20mm of Heliopolis. Cuirassed bust right / COL/HEL, two aquilae standards within laurel wreath. Lindgren I 2168A. | Text | Image |
| Cohen 329 | Valerian I, AE of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. 14.50 g. 253-260. Capitolene games issue. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS PF AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CER SACR CAP OEC ISEL HEL, COL-HEL across fields, male athlete standing facing, head right, holding palm branch, right hand in a selection urn. Cohen 329; BMC -. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 650-1 | Valerian I, AE27 of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. 16.70 gr. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Two octastyle temples, seen in perspective, three prize crowns above, COL HEL below. Sawaya 650-1; BMC -; SNG Cop. -. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 660-662 | Valerian AE30 of Heliopolis, Syria. AD 256-257. 10.51 g. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / COL IVL CER SAC AVG FEL T around, CAP OEC ISE HEL in two lines below, large prize urn containing two palm branches. Sawaya 660-662; SNG Cop 439. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 681 | Valerian AE of Heliopolis, Syria. AD 251-260. 10.42 g. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS PF AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, prize urn containing two palm branches on table with curved legs. Sawaya 681; SNG Munich 1043. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 706-710 | Valerian AE 28 mm of Heliopolis, Syria. AD 253-260. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, Laureate, draped bust right. / COL IVL AVG FEL around prize crown containing two palm branches. CER SAC in two lines above, CAP OEC ISE HEL in two lines below with a dot at each end. Sawaya 706-710; Paris FG192; Chandon de Briailles 1282. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 438 | Valerian I AE 26mm of Heliopolis in Coele-Syria. IMP CP LIC VALERIANVS PF AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL HELO around CEP SACR CAPET OECVME ISILHEL in five lines above agonistic urn, palm to either side. SNG Cop. 438, Cohen V p.330, 34. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 439 | Valerian AE 28 mm of Heliopolis. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, Laureate and draped bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL around prize crown from which two palms are protruding. CER SAC above, CAP OEC ISE HEL in ex. SNG Cop. 439 | Text | Image |
| Lindgren 2173 | Gallienus AE 22mm of Heliopolis, Syria. IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENVS, Radiate and draped bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL, two crossed cornucopiae surmounting caduceus. HEL below. | Text | Image |
| Sawaya 744 | Gallienus, AE27 of Heliopolis, Syria. 12.66 g. IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENIVS AVG T, laureate, cuirassed bust right / COL-IVL-AVG-FEL-HEL T, Athlete standing right, looking front, holding long palm branch in left hand and crowning himself with his right. Righetti Coll. VIII, 670; Sawaya 744-751; Rohde C 606; Paris FG196; SNG Cop. 442. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 441v | Gallienus AE 25mm of Heliopolis, Syria. IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL HE, three agonistic urns containing palm branches, CER SACR-CAP OECV-ISE HEL in three lines in ex. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 441 | Gallienus AE 27 of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL HE, three agonistic urns containing palm branches, CERT SACR-CAP OECV-ISE HEL in three lines in ex. BMC 30. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 441v | Heliopolis. Gallienus AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Syria. IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENIVS (sic) P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, CERT SACR-CAP OEC-ISE HEL in exergue, three agonistic crowns containing palms. | Text | Image |
| SNG Munich 1045 | Gallienus. AE29 of Heliopolis, Syria. 16.22 g. IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENVS PF AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG PER HEL, three prize crowns, each containing two palm fronds, CERT dot SACR dot CAP dot OEC dot ISE dot HEL dot in three lines below. Klose and Stumpf 271 var (Valerian I); De Saulcy 3; SNG Munich 1045. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Entry for Heliopolis on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||
