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Ancient Coinage of Syria, Heliopolis

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Lindgren_2156Syria, Coele-Syria. Civic Issue. 2nd-3rd Century AD. Æ 13mm. Marsyas standing right, holding wineskin / COL/HEL within laurel wreath. TextImage

Septimius Severus
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Septimius Severus Æ 16mm of Heliopolis in Coele Syria. Laureate head right / C-O/H-EL, caduceus in wreath.TextImage

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Septimius Severus Æ 18mm of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Nike advancing left with palm, CO/HEL in left field.TextImage

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Septimius Severus Æ 21mm of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. Laureate head right / Turreted & veiled head of Tyche left; palm & cornucopiae behind.TextImage

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Septimius Severus AE 22mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. Laureate bust right / COL HEL, two legionary standards with eagles. TextImage
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SNG Copenhagen 428
Septimius Severus Æ 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.TextImage

SGI 2265
Divus Septimius Severus Æ 23mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / IOMH COL HEL, decastyle temple of Zeus Heliopolitanus on raised podium, viewed from aerial perspective. Price & Trell 702, BMC 4.TextImage
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SNG Copenhagen 429
Septimius Severus Æ 24mm of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus in perspective. BMC 2.TextImage

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Septimius Severus Æ 26mm of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Caracalla & Geta clasping hands, CH/L in field.TextImage
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Julia Domna
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Julia Domna Æ 27mm of Syria, Coele-Syria, Heliopolis. Draped bust right / Caracalla and Geta, togate, standing confronted, clasping hands.TextImage

Caracalla
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Caracalla Æ 18mm of Heliopolis in Syria. Laureate head right / COL HEL, Hermes standing facing, head left, holding caduceus. SNG Cop 430.TextImage

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Caracalla Æ 21mm of Heliopolis, Coele Syria. Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left with palm; CO/HEL in left field.TextImage

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Caracalla Æ 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.TextImage

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Caracalla Æ 30mm of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / IOMH COL HL, perspective view of the temple complex of Jupiter Heliopolitanus. Price & Trell 702.TextImage

Prieur 941cf
Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Heliopolis, Syria. AYT K M A ANTWNEINOC CEB, laureate head right / ­EMAPX EX UPATOC TO ­, eagle, wings spread & head turned to right, holding wreath in beak, standing facing on lion walking right.TextImage

Geta
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Geta Æ 22mm of Heliopolis, Syria. GETA AVGVST, laureate & draped bust right / COL/HEL, between two aquilae; wreath all around.TextImage

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Geta Æ 27mm of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus in perspective. TextImage

Macrinus
- 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.TextImage

Philip I
SNG Copenhagen 434

Philip I Æ 28mm of Heliopolis in Coele Syria. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing with rudder & cornucopiae, male figures (athletes?) holding up a wreath.TextImage

SNG Copenhagen 435

Philip I AE28 of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG CL HEL, temple of Hermes-Simios on tree-covered hill; stairway from ground to summit, purse & [caduceus] in courtyard. Price & Trell 703.TextImage
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Philip I. AE28. Heliopolis, Syria. 244-249 AD. IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from back / IOMH COL HEL, perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus. de Saulcy TS 2. TextImage

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Philip I AE30 of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / COL H-E-L, turreted & veiled head of Tyche left; standard before, cornucopiae behind. TextImage

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Philip I Æ 30mm of Syria, Coele-Syria, Heliopolis. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL H-E-L, turreted and veiled head of Tyche left; standard before, cornucopiae behind.TextImage

Otacilia Severa
- BMC 23

Otacilia Severa Æ27mm 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.TextImage

SNG Copenhagen 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. TextObvRev

BMC 24
Otacilia Severa Æ 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 & 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.TextImage
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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).TextImage
Philip II
SNG Copenhagen 433
Philip II Æ 17mm of Heliopolis, Syria, Coele-Syria. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Two aquilas within wreath. Lindgren I 2168A.TextImage

BMC 26
Philip II Æ 22mm of Heliopolis, Syria. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Hermes standing facing, holding caduceus and purse. Lindgren I 2167.TextImage

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Philip II Æ 22mm of Heliopolis in Syria. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Founder plowing right with two oxen; two standards behind.TextImage

SNG Copenhagen 433
Philip II Æ 20mm of Heliopolis. Cuirassed bust right / COL/HEL, two aquilae standards within laurel wreath. Lindgren I 2168A.TextImage

Valerian I
- SNG Copenhagen 438

Valerian I Æ 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.TextImage

SNG Copenhagen 439
Valerian AE 28 mm of Heliopolis. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, Laureate & 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. 439TextImage

Gallienus
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Gallienus Æ 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. TextImage

SNG Copenhagen 441v
Gallienus Æ 25mm of Heliopolis, Syria. IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate, draped & 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.TextImage

SNG Copenhagen 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, CERTSACR / CAP OECV / ISE HEL in three lines in ex. BMC 30.TextObvRev
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SNG Copenhagen 441v
Heliopolis. Gallienus Æ 29mm of Heliopolis, Syria. IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENIVS (sic) P F AVG, laureate & cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, CERT SACR/CAP OEC/ISE HEL in exergue, three agonistic crowns containing palms.TextImage
See also: Search for Heliopolis at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Heliopolis on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Heliopolis in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Heliopolis at AncientImports.com
Search for Heliopolis at Incitatus Coins

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