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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 7634339, member: 84744&quot;]Historical significance like that certainly makes a worn coin worthy!&nbsp; I usually find Praefectus prices to be very high, but once in a while you can find a bargain - nicely done!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is probably my favourite &quot;worn worthy,&quot; a nice big 30mm chunk of bronze featuring the stone Elagabalus would later bring to Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313172[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caracalla, Seleucis and Pieria, Emesa, Year 527 = 215/6 AD. Obv: AYT K M AYP - ANTΩNEINOC CEB; Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rev: EMICΩΝ - KOΛΩN; Six-columned temple of Elagabalus at Emesa, containing holy stone, ornamented with eagle, set on rectangular base, flanked by two parasols or religious standards; a flight of steps leads to the temple; rectanglar frame in pediment; date [ZKΦ] in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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