#77
A variant of #57 with a different
obv. legendElagabal, AD 218-222
AE 26, 9.03g, 25.9mm, 0°
struck under governor Antonius Seleucus
obv. AVT KM AVRHLIOC - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, draped and
cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. VP.IOVL.ANT CEL - EVKOV MARKIANOPO / LITWN
Nemesis, in long garment, stg. l., holding rod in l.
arm and
scales in r. hand; l. at her feet the wheel.
ref. a)
AMNG I/1, 840, pl. XVIII, 25 (4 ex., 2x München,
Paris,
Sofia; breaks as on ex. 2 and 4)
b)
Varbanov (engl.) 1581 (cites
AMNG 840; writes
parazonium instead of rod)
c) not in Hristova/Jekov; should be inserted as No.6.26.35.10
var.
ex coll. Hoeft
Pick writes: The rod in the l.
arm of the goddess has sometimes (like here too) knots and spikes and can't be called cubit. Perhaps it is an instrument for penalization like the scourge.
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