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Elagabalus
Orthosia, Phoenicia
Obv: [AV K] MAV ANTΩNIN[OC], laureate draped bust right.
Rev: In exergue, OPΘΩCЄΩN, Temple with four columns, and three porticoes. Under the middle one, Astarte standing frontal leaning on cruciform stylus, and being crowned by a small Nike. Under the portico on the left, Cybele, head tilted, between two small figures; under the portico on the right, another deity standing frontal; in left field, the date [BAΦ].
26 mm, 9.60 gms
BMC---; Rouvier 878; Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger Auction 350-353, lot 3068 (this coin)
Ex Sammlung M. Burstein (Peus 366, 2000, Los Nr. 1149. Ex Sammlung R.P.
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