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A silver coin of Elagabalus with a reverse showing a galley. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE
Mint and Date: Antioch, 218-219 CE
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 3.3 g
Obverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
ANTONINVS PIVS FEl AVG
Reverse: Galley with sail, seven rowers and a pilot, round cabin in front of pilot, standard and acrostolium on stern, furled sail on prow.
FELIC - IT - AS TEMP
Provenance: Beast Coins (Vcoins), March 2007
Ref: RCV (2002) 7510; RIC IV 188
BW Ref: 033 031 106
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