Assarion - Elagabalus ΔΙΗΝωΝ ΓΠϹ

Features

Issuer	Dium (Arabia)
Emperor	Elagabalus (Sextus Varius Avitus Basianus) (218-222)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	220-221
Value	Assarion (0.1)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	5.76 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 399449
References	RPC Online VI# 9289 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , Spijkerman# 11 Augustus Spijkerman, Michele Piccirillo (ed.); 1978. The coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Franciscan Printing Press, Flagellation Monastery, Jerusalem, Israel.

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Obverse

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΕϹΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ

Unabridged legend: Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κέσαρ Ἀντωνῖν(ος)

Translation: Emperor Caesar Antoninus

Reverse

Zeus Heliopolites standing facing between two heifers, wearing kalathos, holding sceptre with bird-shaped tip and small Victory offering him a wreath.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΔΙΗΝωΝ ΓΠϹ

Unabridged legend: Διηνῶν γπσʹ

Translation: [Coin] of the Dihnians, 283

Mint

Dium, Macedonia, modern-day Dion, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (220-221)												CY 283 = 220/1 CE

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