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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4723572, member: 85693"]I recently got one of the mysterious "ΔЄ" instead of SC for Elagabalus. It isn't pretty but it was cheap:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157273[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus Æ 16</b></p><p><b>(c. 218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis & Pieria<b>Antiochia ad Orontem </b></b></p><p>[IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG?], laureate head right. / Large ΔЄ; star below; all</p><p>within wreath.</p><p>McAlee 799</p><p>(4.02 grams / 15 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one with the more conventional SC reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157274[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus Æ 18</b></p><p><b>(c. 218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis & Pieria <b>Antiochia ad Orontem </b></b></p><p>A[YT K M AY[Ρ C ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. / SC in wreath terminating</p><p>in a star, Δ above, Є below.</p><p>BMC 440; SNG Cop. 244.</p><p>(4.87 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, an ugly monster (32 mm), again with the ΔЄ:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157275[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Elagabalus 8 Assaria </b></p><p><b>Syria, Antioch ad Orontem </b></p><p><b>(218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p>[AYT K M AY A]NTΩNINOC CЄ, laureate head right / ANTIOXЄ[ΩN M KOL], Tyche</p><p>seated left, god Orontes swimming at feet, ram running left above, Δ-Є & S-C across fields. </p><p>BMC 461; Butcher 474.</p><p>(16.98 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4723572, member: 85693"]I recently got one of the mysterious "ΔЄ" instead of SC for Elagabalus. It isn't pretty but it was cheap: [ATTACH=full]1157273[/ATTACH] [B]Elagabalus Æ 16 (c. 218-222 A.D.) Syria, Seleucis & Pieria[B]Antiochia ad Orontem [/B][/B] [IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG?], laureate head right. / Large ΔЄ; star below; all within wreath. McAlee 799 (4.02 grams / 15 mm) Here is one with the more conventional SC reverse: [ATTACH=full]1157274[/ATTACH] [B]Elagabalus Æ 18 (c. 218-222 A.D.) Syria, Seleucis & Pieria [B]Antiochia ad Orontem [/B][/B] A[YT K M AY[Ρ C ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. / SC in wreath terminating in a star, Δ above, Є below. BMC 440; SNG Cop. 244. (4.87 grams / 18 mm) Finally, an ugly monster (32 mm), again with the ΔЄ: [ATTACH=full]1157275[/ATTACH] [B] Elagabalus 8 Assaria Syria, Antioch ad Orontem (218-222 A.D.)[/B] [AYT K M AY A]NTΩNINOC CЄ, laureate head right / ANTIOXЄ[ΩN M KOL], Tyche seated left, god Orontes swimming at feet, ram running left above, Δ-Є & S-C across fields. BMC 461; Butcher 474. (16.98 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]
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