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A bronze coin of Elagabalus from Laodikeia ad Mare in Syria showing the stone of Emesa in a quadriga. Coin Type: Bronze AE27 of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE.
Mint and Date: Laodikeia ad Mare in Syria, 218-222 CE
Size and Weight: 26mm x 27mm, 7.44g.
Obverse: (IMP CΛ ...) ANTONIN(...)
Laureate head right.
Reverse: (...)
Baetyl of Emesa in frontal quadriga, parasols above.
Provenance: coin.medal.collection (eBay), November 2009.
Ref: Meshorer 149.
BW Ref: 046 044 150
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