MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Elagabalus, 218-222. Pentassarion (Bronze, 25.5 mm, 9.07 g, 12 h), struck under the consular legate Julius Antonius Seleucus. AYT K M AYP ANTΩNEINOC A(YΓ) Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right. Rev. ΥΠ Ι(ΟΥ)Λ ΑΝΤ CΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΛΙΤ(ΩΝ) Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding grape bunch in his right hand, and thyrsos in his left. H&J 6.26.8.1. Varbanov 1513. Greenish-brown patina. Some striking weakness on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.
From the Vineyard Collection, acquired from Acropolis-Burbulis in New York on 22 May 2000.