Thyateira (AD 218-222) AE 46 - Elagabalus

Elagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE46 - Medallion (47.47g, 6h). Tiberius Claudius Stratonicianus, magistrate. AVT KAI M AVP ANTÎ©NÐ„INOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery; gorgoneion on breastplate / Ð„Î I CTP T KÎ› Î£TPATONÐ„IKIA/NOV/ Î˜VATÐ„IPH/NÎ©N, emperor, wearing military attire, standing right, facing Apollo standing left, wearing chlamys and holding labrys, the two supporting a prize urn below Î VÎ˜/IA; lighted altar between figures. Good VF, mostly reddish-brown patina with a few spots of green, very minor doubling on reverse figure of Elagabalus. Extremely rare.

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City/Mint name:	Thyateira
Keywords:	roman / bronze
References:	Imhoof-Blumer, Lydische pp. 158-9, note 1; BMC 112; Mionnet Suppl. VII 631
Valuation:	CNG Triton XV (1/2012), lot 1392 ($6000 + comm)
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