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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2634326, member: 56859&quot;]Here&#039;s a nice page about the various &quot;named&quot; sacred stones from ancient times:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/baetyl_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/baetyl_coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/baetyl_coins.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin shows the baetyl of Zeus Kasios in a shrine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of coins showing the sacred stone of Emesa:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalussacredstone-rt-jpg.574868/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, 19.4 mm, 3.5 gm</p><p>Antioch, CE 218-219</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL, Quadriga right, bearing sacred baetyl of Emesa, flanked by four parasols</p><p>Ref: 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/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_f1bfa34b07904139859566a7ea973cca.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria.&nbsp; Emesa.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>Æ24, 12.06 gm, 11h </p><p>Obv: Laureate head right </p><p>Rev: Eagle, holding wreath in beak, standing right, head left, on baetyl of El-Gabal</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 309 (Γ in right field of rev.); SNG München 811 var. (Є in right field of rev.); BMC 1-7 (various letters on rev.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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