19555

Creator

Preview

Period

Elagabalus

Province or Region

Syria

Date

218 AD

Metal

Bronze

Denomination

23

Weight

10.88g

Obverse Description

Head of Elagabalus right; laureate, draped, cuirassed. [ AUT K M AUR] ANTONINOC

Reverse Description

Robed and veiled female stands facing; right arm crosses chest (holding object-helmeted bust?); left arm rests on spoked object-wheel?); river god swimming left below.

Comments

Purchased from Henry Lindgren. The figure may be Nemesis, whose insribed shine stood next to the Cave of Pan, source of the Jordan River.

Publisher

Pepperdine University Libraries

Digital Collection

The John Wilson Coin Collection - Ancient Coins of the Holy Land

Credit Line

The John Wilson Coin Collection - Ancient Coins of the Holy Land [digital resource], Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives

Document Type

Article