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A bronze coin of Elagabalus from Tyre in Phoenicia, showing an olive tree and two baetyls Coin Type: Bronze AE27 of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE.
Mint and Date: Tyre, Phoenicia; 218-222 CE
Size and Weight: 25mm x 27mm, 10.45g.
Obverse: CAES M ANTONINVS AVG
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: TYRIORVM
Sacred olive tree flanked by two baetyl stones.
Exergue: Hound of Melqart or Heracles walking left, finding murex on left.
Ref: SNG Righetti 2344; BMC pl. XLIV, 7 and p. cxli, para 2, citing example from Berlin Museum.
Provenance: monetapauwels (eBay), July 2013.
BW Ref: 061 055 ---
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The content of this page was last updated on 31 July 2013.