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Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Laodicea ad Mare(?), Seleukis and Pieria, Syria
 | This type is traditionally assigned to Antioch. Prieur suggests Emisa. McAlee identifies Laodicea as the most likely mint. McAlee interprets D - E as "D EPARCEIWN," meaning "of the four eparchies" and notes, "After Septimius stripped Antioch of its privileges and conferred them on Laodicea-ad-Mare, some coins of Laodicea bear the legend 'Metropolis of the Four Provinces,' and others have a representation of four Tyches. The letters DE also regularly appear on the coins of Laodicea from the time of Elagabalus to that of Trebonianus Gallus." |
SH57095. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 758, Prieur 249, SNG Cop 236 - 237, SGICV 3096, VF, toned, Laodicea ad Mare(?) mint, weight 13.298g, maximum diameter 26.8mm, die axis 180o, 219 A.D.; obverse AUT K M A ANTWNEINOC CEB, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder; reverse DHMARC EX UPATOC TO B (twice consul), eagle standing slightly right, wings spread, head left, wreath in beak, D - E flanking eagle's head, star between legs; SOLD
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