ELAGABALUS
AD 218-222
AE25. 9.48g, 25.2mm
MINTED: MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis, AD 220/1. Julius Antonius Seleucus, consular legate
REF: Hristova & Jekov 6.26.21.1; Varbanov 1576
OBVERSE: AVT K M AVPHΛIOC ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.REVERSE: VΠ IOVΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Hygeia standing facing, head right, feeding from patera serpent held in her arms.
Notes:
Dark green patina. Some earthen deposits.
Historical Notes:
Marcianopolis, located in present-day northeastern Bulgaria, was a Moesian city founded by Emperor Trajan and named after his sister, the empress Marciana. It had pleasant nearby hot springs and was blessed with an advantageous location between ports on the Black Sea coast and cities further inland such as Nicopolis. Despite being affected by Gothic incursions into the region in the mid 3rd century, Marcianopolis continued to thrive and was the largest city in Thrace in the 4th century. In AD 447, it was sacked and destroyed by the armies of Attila the Hun.
ELAGABALUS . MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis . AE25 . Hygeia, Goddess of Health
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