Bronze pentassarion of Elagabalus. Marcianopolis in Lower Moesia, 218-222 CE. Confronted heads as per the usual pattern for a five-assarion coin, shows Elagabalus confronting his grandmother, Julia Maesa, who held the title Augusta.
Obverse: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ IOVΛIA MAICA AVΓ. Facing busts of Elagabalus, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right; and Julia Maesa, diademed and draped, left.
Reverse: VΠ IOVΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN. Hermes standing facing, leaning on a column, caduceus in left hand, purse hanging from right hand. Field Marks: E (denomination mark, 5) in right field.
MOESIA, MARCIANOPOLIS: Elagabalus & Julia Maesa. AE 5-Assaria (14.01g) AD 218-22
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