Elagabal from Philippopolis

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  1. cmezner

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    This coin was in a multiple lot and the flip it came with says the reverse is Nemesis, but I I think this is wrong; the goddess is holding a snake and is feeding it from a patera therefore it should be Hygieia (Salus).

    Do you think I'm right?

    AE Assarion
    Thrace, Philippopolis, 217 - 218 AD

    18.89 x 19.11 mm; 4.267 g, 1h
    Varbanov (English, Vol. 1) 1747; RPC VI 601 (temporary number); Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.33.1

    Obv.: AVT K M AVΡ ANTΩNINOc the small c is on the left tip of the drapery) Laureate, draped bust of Elagabalus to r.
    Rev.: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN NEΩKOΡ in field Ω-N (of the Philippopolitans, Neokorate) Hygieia (Salus) standing to r., feeding serpent in her l. arm from patera in r. hand.

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    Please share your coins with Nemesis or Hygieia or anything relevant.
     
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