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A bronze coin of Elagabalus from Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem) showing the stone of Emesa in a quadriga. Coin Type: Bronze AE30 of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE.
Mint and Date: Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem) in Judaea, 218-222 CE
Size and Weight: 21mm x 22mm, 6.53g.
Obverse: (IM C MA ANTONINVS)
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front.
Reverse: COL A C C P F
Baetyl of Emesa, decorated with eagle, in frontal quadriga.
Exergue: Wavy branch.
Provenance: Sahar Coins (Vcoins), November 2009.
Ref: BMC Palestine 89; Hendin 816; Sear 3124.
BW Ref: 045 044 150
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