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A copper coin of Elagabalus from Markianopolis showing a bunch of grapes. Coin Type: Copper assarion of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE
Mint and Date: Markianopolis in Lower Moesia, 218-222 CE
Size and Weight: 16mm, 2.91g
Obverse: AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC
Laureate head right.
Reverse: MAPKIANOΠOLITΩN •
A bunch of grapes hanging from a vine stem.
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 1386; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 6.26.8.4; AMNG I — (but see 923-926 for the same type).
Provenance: havydemolus (eBay), February 2009
BW Ref: 038 040 137
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