In the thesis "Coinage in late Hellenistic and
Roman Syria : the
Orontes Valley (1st century BC-3rd century AD)", Warwick 2013, Jack Nurpetlian also describes the coinage of
Elagabal from
Emesa. On page 84-86 he lists all specimens of this
type with a prize crown known to him:
http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/57324/1/WRAP_THESIS_Nurpetlian_2013.pdf#page=104&zoom=auto,67,-78With only few exceptions they all have on the
reverse HΛIA above and ΠΥΘIA below the prize crown. And they are all described as having a
radiate bust of
Elagabal on the
obverse.
On your second coin the ΠΥΘIA is clearly visible, there is no HΛIA above and probably not enough space for the HΛIA directly in front of the ΠΥΘIA.
And where the name of the city begins you have EIMI (at least it seems to look like that) instead of EMI.
So I don't know what I should think about that
. Unpublished variant? Different city (pythian games existed also elsewhere)?
Regards
Altamura