198 AD - 211 AD

Charachmoba   Decapolis-Arabia   Elagabalus
Χαράχμωβα   Δεκάπολις-Αραβία   Ελαγάβαλος
 AE 20
 SHH 3922

3922 Charachmoba Decapolis-Arabia Elagabalus AE

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 		6.84 g   19.4-20.2 mm   2.5 eqmm   6:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
ρ = 8.76 g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.3; rev. 6.5 MS/m
Laureate head of Elagabalus right; [A K MAV AN]TωNINOC clockwise around.
Shrine of Zeus-Dusares with baetyl set on altar approached by ladder;
to right, priest seated left;  XAP / AX // [MωBA] around; border of dots.
The Charachmoba mint was active only during the reign of Elagabalus.
ANS VI ---t; BMC Arabia 3; Rosenberger 2; Spijkerman 5
Ex CNG 234E/187, 9.6.2010
 Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 26.1.2018