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Coin of Berytus with bust of Elagabalus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 218–222
Mint: Syria, Berytus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 21.34 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number63.1410
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Elagabalus right, laureate, draped, cuirassed.
IMPCAESMAVRAN TONINVSAVG
Reverse: Gateway of central arch between two wings of two columns each. Above arch, figure on lion or panther to right. Below arch, Silenus (Marsyas?) right with wine-skin over left shoulder.
COLIV L A VGFEL; BER (in exergue)
IMPCAESMAVRAN TONINVSAVG
Reverse: Gateway of central arch between two wings of two columns each. Above arch, figure on lion or panther to right. Below arch, Silenus (Marsyas?) right with wine-skin over left shoulder.
COLIV L A VGFEL; BER (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Richard Cyril Lockett Collection; by 1961: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1., England (auction of the Richard Cyril Lockett Collection, part 12, lot 3003 [partial]); by date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, September 18, 1963