Lot 1927

Description

Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Elagabalus (A.D. 218-222), billon tetradrachm, (11.722 grams), obv. laureate head of Elagabalus to right, around AYT K M A ANT[WNEINO C] CEB, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs star, around **DHMAR[C EX UP*ATOC TO B], **D E* in field above, (S.3096, Bellinger 42 [ANS Num. Stud. No.3], p.28, plate IV,10, SNG Von Post 617). Weak in places, otherwise very fine.