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A bronze coin of Elagabalus from Tripolis showing Pegasos with a satyr and a genius. Coin Type: Bronze AE19 of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE.
Mint and Date: Tripolis in Lydia, 221-222 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 3.05g.
Obverse: (AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC)
Laureate head right.
Reverse: (TPIΠOΛITΩN)
Pegasos walking right, ridden by a satyr playing a double flute, and led by a Bacchic genius.
Exergue: ΓΛΦ (Seleucid Era year 533)
Provenance: tgorani (eBay), February 2010.
Ref: Rouvier 1757
BW Ref: 048 048 155
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Note: The legends and reverse description were taken from J. Rouvier, 'Numismatique des Villes de la Phénicie'. Thanks to the user "tacrolimus" from the Forum Classical Numismatics Discussion Board who provided the relevant paragraph.

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