Diassarion - Elagabalus ΔΙΟΚΛΕΑΝΩΝ ΜΟΞΕΑΝΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Diocleia (Conventus of Apamea)
Emperor	Elagabalus (Sextus Varius Avitus Basianus) (218-222)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	218-222
Value	Diassarion (⅕)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	5.91 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 410366
References	RPC Online VI# 5545 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , SNG von Aulock# 255 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , Lindgren I# 941 Henry Clay Lindgren, Frank L. Kovacs; 1985. Ancient Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant from the Lindgren Collection / Volume I. Chrysopylon Publications, San Mateo, California, United States.

Obverse

Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front.

Script: Greek

Lettering: Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥ

Unabridged legend: Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ)

Translation: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Apollo standing facing, head right, placing hand over lyre placed on pillar, to right, and resting on tripod, to left.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΔΙΟΚΛΕΑΝΩΝ ΜΟΞΕΑΝΩΝ

Unabridged legend: Διοκλείων Μοξείων

Translation: [Coin] of the Diocleans Moxians

Mint

Diocleia, Phrygia, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (218-222)

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