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Elagabalus
Antioch ad Cragum, Cilicia
Obv: Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟΝ ƐΥϹƐΒ (first Ɛ retrograde) ƐΥΤΥΧΗ ϹƐΒ, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: ΑΝΤΙΟΧƐⲰ ΤΗϹ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΟΥ; eagle facing on wreath, looking left, spreading wings.
30 mm, 15.33 gms
RPC VI online 6982 (as either Elagabalus or Caracalla); SNG Levante 475 (as Caracalla)
Ex. collection of Dr. P. Vogl. From Leu Numismatik Auction 9, lot 762.
From the catalogue: "ΤΗС ΠΑΡΑΛΙΟΥ translates as 'on the Sea', an epithet that differentiates the city we know by its Latin name Antiochia ad Cragum ('Antiochia at the Kragos mountain') from the several other places named Antiochia."
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