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Message:: [QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3247175, member: 87404"]Entry post.I find Elagabalus a fascinating emperor and would love that book!  And that coin would find a happy home alongside my other Antioch coins of his! So here's a coin to share:[ATTACH=full]851247[/ATTACH] Edit:  Here's the attribution in response to [USER=33176]@Kentucky[/USER]'s post below...Elagabalus, Ruled 218-222 ADSeleukis and Pieria, AE20, Antioch MintObverse:  IMP C MAVR ANTONINVS [AVG], laureate bust right, three dots at top of laurel.Reverse: ΔE across field, star below, all within wreath of 10 elements fastened at top with garland.Reference: BMC 447-50, McAlee 799Size: 20mm, 4.64g It IS interesting that it has the latin legend on the obverse and not the usual greek.  Here's another version of the same coin:[ATTACH=full]851302[/ATTACH]Elagabalus, Ruled 218-222 ADSeleukis and Pieria, AE19, Antioch MintObverse:  IMP C MAV[R ANT]ONINVS AVG, laureate bust right, three dots at top of laurel.Reverse: ΔE across field, star below, all within wreath of 10 elements fastened at top with garland.Reference: BMC 447-50, McAlee 799Size: 19mm, 6.94g-------------------------------------------And now, back to your regularly scheduled program, er...  giveaway![/QUOTE]