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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3263748, member: 103829&quot;]Another Dionysos:</p><p><br /></p><p>Elagabal &amp; Julia Maesa, AD 118-222</p><p>AE 28, 11.68g, 28.47mm, 15°</p><p>struck under governor Antonius Seleucus</p><p>obv. AVT K M AVR ANTWNEINOC AVG.IOVLIA MAICA AVG.</p><p>Confronting busts of Elagabal, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r., and Julia Maesa, draped and with stephane, l.</p><p>rev. VP IOVL ANT CELEVKOV MARKIANOPOLITWN (both OV and WN ligate)</p><p>Dionysos, nude, wearing boots, stg. l. with Standbein (engaged leg) and Spielbein (free leg), holding in raised l. hand ribboned thyrsos and pouring wine from kantharos; at his feet l. the panther is std. l. with raised pawn, head r., looking up to him.</p><p>in upper l. field E (for pentassarion)</p><p>a) AMNG I/1, 952 var. (2 ex., Löbbecke, Paris; the ex. in Paris with unligate MAR; ligate WN not mentioned)</p><p>b) Varbanov (engl.) 1666</p><p>c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No.6.28.8.2</p><p>rare, F-VF, soft strike left side, nevertheless a beautiful Dionysos and a beautiful Domna!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]859193[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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