RP77896. Bronze pentassarion, H-J Marcianopolis 6.28.1.2 (R6, same dies), Varbanov I 1661 corr. (R5, same dies), AMNG I/I 949, Moushmov 667, BMC Thrace -, SNG Cop -, aVF, dark near black patina, some light corrosion, Markianopolis (Devnya, Bulgaria) mint, weight 10.145g, maximum diameter 27.4mm, die axis 0
o, cos. legate Julius Antonius Seleucus, 218 - 222; obverse AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ IOVΛIA MAICA AVΓ, confronting busts of Elagabalus, on left, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Julia Maesa, on right, diademed and wearing stephane; reverse VΠ IOVΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAPKIANOΠOΛIT,ΩN (OV's ligate, last two letters ligate and below mark of value), Bonus Eventus standing half left, head left, nude, patera in extended right hand, two stalks of grain downward in left hand, E (reversed, mark of value) in left field; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren, ex Colosseum Coin Exchange;
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