ROMAN & BYZANTINE COINS
Elagabalus, 218-222, Philippopolis. Assarion (Bronze, 16mm, 4.11 g 1). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC Laureate head of Elagabalus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩ - ΚΟΡΩΝ The river god Hebros reclining to left, he rests his right arm on the stern of a transport galley and his left hand on an amphora from which water flows. Varbanov 1793. With a dark green-black patina and an unusually well made reverse. Nearly extremely fine.