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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3270074, member: 103829&quot;]Elagabal, AD 218-222</p><p>AE 28, 10.69g, 28.04mm, 210°</p><p>struck under governor Julius Antonius Seleucus</p><p>obv. AVT.K.M.AVRHLIOC - ANTWNEINOC</p><p>Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.</p><p>rev. VP.IOVL.ANT CEL - EVKOV MARKIANOPO</p><p>in ex. LITWN (small letters)</p><p>Youthful Apollo Iatros, unbearded, nude, chlamys over l. shoulder, stg. frontal,</p><p>head turned l., resting on snake-staff set in r. armpit</p><p>ref. a) AMNG I/1, 832, pl. XVII, 4 (3 ex., Löbbecke, Rollin, probably Wiczsay too)</p><p>b) Varbanov (engl.) 1559</p><p>c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.26.7.3 (plate coin)</p><p>rare, F+/about VF, bluegreen Patina</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]862362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pick calls the rev. figure Asklepios and so does Varbanov. But the fact that he is nude proves that it is obviously Apollo as Apollo Iatros (Apollo Medicus).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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