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LOT 3129
Elagabalus, with Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ (Julius Antonius Seleukus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ IOVΛIA MAECA AVΓ (NE ligate), laureate head of Elagabalus and draped bust of Julia Maesa, wearing stephane, facing one another / VΠ IᏌΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (ΩΝ ligate), Sarapis standing facing, head to left, holding long sceptre and raising right hand; E (mark of value) in left field. RPC VI, 1434 (temporary); AMNG 937-8; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.6.3-4. Near Very Fine.(13.18gr, 28mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3129
Elagabalus, with Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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