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A provincial bronze coin of the emperor Elagabalus from Jerusalem, with a reverse showing the sacred stone of Elagabal Coin Type: Bronze AE23 of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE
Mint and Date: Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem) in Judea, 218-222 CE.
Size and Weight: 21mm x 23mm, 8.29g
Obverse: IM C MA ANTONINVS
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: COL A C C P F
Quadriga of horses facing, drawing cart bearing the sacred stone of Elagabal, adorned with an eagle.
Exergue: Wavy branch
Provenance: Tom Vossen (Vcoins), August 2009.
Ref: Meshorer, Aelia 133b; Rosenberger 77; SNG ANS 625; BMC Palestine 89; Hendin 816; Sear 3124.
BW Ref: 042 042 143
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