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LOT 3422
Elagabalus 22mm of Esbus, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
AVT C M AVP ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left within tetrastyle temple, with arcuated lintel, holding sceptre with left hand and small bust with right, right foot on bull's head (or prow); A-V above wings, [ЄC]BOVC in exergue. RPC VI, 9345.13 (temporary) (this coin); Rosenberger 3 (Tyche holds phiale and her foot on river-god); Sofaer 4-5. Near Very Fine. Rare. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).(9.93gr, 22mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E-auction 531, 25 January 2023, lot 659.
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