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Coin of Antioch on the Orontes under Elagabalus

Coin of Antioch on the Orontes under Elagabalus

r. 218 - 222 CE

Elagabalus

Roman Provincial

Obv.: Bust of Elagabalus, r., laureate. Rev.: Tyche of Antioch, turreted, seated l. on a rock; in r. hand, ears of grain; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming l.; above, a ram running l., head reverted; crescent in field at l.

Bronze

Roman Imperial period, Middle

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