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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Elagabalus| > RP88228
Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Amphipolis, Macedonia
|Elagabalus|, |Elagabalus,| |16| |May| |218| |-| |11| |March| |222| |A.D.,| |Amphipolis,| |Macedonia|, Tyche (Greek for luck; the Roman equivalent was Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. Increasingly during the Hellenistic period, cities had their own specific iconic version of Tyche, wearing a mural crown (a crown like the walls of the city).
RP88228. Bronze AE 21, Varbanov III 3292 (R4); BMC Macedonia p. 60, 131; Moushmov 6117; SNG ANS 202 corr. (club in ex.); SNG Cop -, aVF, well centered, rough, earthen deposits, Amphipolis mint, weight 5.434g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, die axis 180o, 16 May 218 - 11 Mar 222 A.D.; obverse AY K M AVP CEY AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse AMΦIΠOΛEITΩN, Tyche seated left on throne, kalathos on head, patera in right hand, altar before her, fish left in exergue; SOLD











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