Magnetes Elagabalus, 218-222. Three Assaria circa 218-222, Æ 7.76 g. ΑΥ•Κ•Μ•ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC Laureate bust r. Rev. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩ – Ν / ΧεΙΡΩΝ The centaur Chiron galloping r., raising his r. hand and holding a palm branch over his l. shoulder; above, Γ and below his forelegs, lyre. Moustaka 189 (this coin, identified as Elagabalus but erroneously given the dates of the sole reign of Caracalla). BCD Thessaly 1, 1194 (this coin).
In an exceptional state of preservation. Lovely brown tone and extremely fine
Ex Nomos sale 4, 2011, BCD, 1194.
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