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A copper coin of Elagabalus from Markianopolis with a reverse showing a crescent moon and three stars Coin Type: Copper assarion of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE.
Mint and Date: Markianopolis in Lower Moesia, 218-222 CE
Size and Weight: 15mm x 17mm, 2.65g
Obverse: AVT K M AVR ANTΩNINOC
Laureate head right.
Reverse: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN
Crescent moon with three stars.
Provenance: Cav81collezionismo2 (eBay), August 2009
Ref: Varbanov I (English) —; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 6.26.48.2; AMNG I — (but see 932-933 for a similar type with 4 stars).
BW Ref: 043 042 144
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