★ The baitylos of El-Gabal ★

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Caracalla, 198-217. Pentassarion (Bronze, 31 mm, 24.92 g, 1 h), CY 528 = 216/7. [A]YT K M AYP ANTΩNЄINOC [CЄΒ] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. ЄMICΩN KOΛΩN / [HKΦ] The baitylos of El-Gabal, decorated with an eagle standing right and flanked by parasols, on a podium within hexastyle temple set on a platform; to left, crescent. BMC 16. Leu Web Auction 6 (2018), 722 ( same dies ). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG München -. Rare. Some roughness and with minor areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.