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LOT 3237
Elagabalus AE 25mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
[...] ANTWNINO[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑИΤΙΟΧ [...] ΑΡΟΤ[...], tetrastyle temple, within which Zeus Arotesios standing to left, in short chiton, holding thunderbolt(?) and surrounded by stars and crescents; at his feet, small Pegasus to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 9228; cf. Spijkerman 29-30; cf. Sofaer 30-1. Near Very Fine. Very rare type.(14.98gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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