DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 11.81 g, 12h). Dated CY 282 (AD 218/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing right, reaching for cista mystica set upon column to right; to left, lion crouching left, head right; to inner right, lion rearing up against column; BΠ[C] (date) above. Spijkerman 80; Rosenberger –; cf. SNG ANS 1329; cf. Sofaer 87. Near VF, earthen green patina. Rare.
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