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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2227580, member: 56859&quot;]Excellent haul, particularly the bronzes!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m particularly fond of the purported perv <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_997722e83c0f4dfc9f26d2a3ca44e31a.jpg_srb_p_1000_504_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, 19.4 mm, 3.5 gm</p><p>Antioch, 218-219 CE</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL, Quadriga right, bearing sacred Baetyl stone, flanked by four parasols</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC IV 195</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/">Brief history of Elagabalus and this coin</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ef50cf6ecae143e5a416a434a8a1288d.jpg_srb_p_1000_509_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre.&nbsp; Elagabalus</b></p><p>CE 218-222</p><p>AE29, 13.4 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Dido building Carthage; she stands to front before the arched gate of the city, looking left, holding a rule and transverse sceptre; above the gate, a mason at work, [below, a man digging with pick]; murex shell in upper field, palm tree to right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; AUB 245; Price &amp; Trell 748</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/">More about this coin and the reverse scene</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_9effb1776b794e359287c5578b438245.jpg_srb_p_1000_511_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum</b></p><p>Elagabalus, CE 218-222</p><p>AE 18 mm, 2.8 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩ NΠPOCICTPO N, Priapus standing left, drawing back his cloak to expose his phallus, bowl of fruit balanced on phallus, right hand extended pouring from patera</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3811, AMNG 2022</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_65acae418c51482084fe9da1650e88e2.jpg_srb_p_1000_506_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR. Nikopolis ad Istrum</b></p><p>Elagabalus , CE 218-222</p><p>AE 26 mm, 11.1 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT K M AYP ANTΩNEINOC. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPON. River-god reclining right, holding branch; prow at side</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 4055</p><p><i>ex Falter Collection, Nature Gods</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>probably</i> Elagabalus:</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2f410da0b55747ed8770822c3beb70c6.jpg_srb_p_1000_522_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa</b></p><p>Elagabalus, CE 218-222</p><p>AE27, 15 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M A ANTΩNEINOC; radiate cuirassed bust left, holding shield and raising right hand.</p><p>Rev: AVP ........ EΔECCA; Tyche seated left on rock, holding corn ears; to left a column surmounted by a statue of Marsyas, river god swimming right at feet</p><p>Ref: Mionnet supplement 8, 26. Very rare. Mionnet is the only work which lists this coin with a column on the left.</p><p><i>This coin was in a large mixed lot and had no attribution.&nbsp; It has driven me a little crazy but I&#039;m reasonably certain of the attribution.</i> </p><p>Mionnet entry:</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_5c84e279cf32445dad594ea4717fe059.jpg_srb_p_600_277_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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