MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Elagabalus, with Julia Maesa, 218-222. Pentassarion (Bronze, 26.5 mm, 12.90 g, 1 h), struck under the consular legate Julius Antonius Seleucus. AYT K M AYP ANTΩNEINOC AYΓ ΙΟYΛΙΑ ΜΑΕCA AVΓ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa to left. Rev. ΥΠ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΝΤ CΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΛΙ/ΤΩΝ Dionysos standing facing, head to left, pouring down wine from a kantharos held in his right hand, and holding filleted thyrsos with his left; in right field, E (denomination). H&J 6.28.8.1. Varbanov 1623. Brown patina. Nearly very fine.
From the Vineyard Collection, acquired from Acropolis-Burbulis in New York in January 1999.