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ID:     591726
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     LYDIA
City:     Blaundus
Issuer:     Elagabalus
Date Ruled:     AD 218-222
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 31
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 218-222
Diameter:     31 mm
Weight:     18.20 g
Obverse Legend:     AV K M AV ANTΩΝΣIN
Obverse Description:     Laureate and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:     BΛAVN-ΔΣΩΝ MAK, ΣΠI TI KΛ ΑΛΣΞA/NΔΡOV AP A/TO B
Reverse Description:     Herakles and the Nemean lion: Herakles crouching right, with lion's skin over left arm, seizing by the mane a lion seated right with fore-paw raised, and planting left knee in lion's back, swinging his club with his raised right hand.
Primary Reference:     SNG VA 2929
Reference2:     BMC Lydia pg. 54, 81 (Caracalla), pl. 6, 2 (same reverse die)
Reference3:     Voegtli 2c
Reference4:     Cornell 107 (this coin)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=16428
Grade:     Nice VF, dark brown patina with earthen highlights
Notes:     Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1726 ( ) From the David Simpson Collection