Cretan Bull, 218-22 A.D.
Cretan Bull, 218-22 A.D.

Bronze diassarion of Elagabalus, Nicaea in Bithynia, undated, 218-22 A.D.
 
M AVΡH ANTΩNINOC AVΓ; Laureate head of Elagabalus r.
NIKAIEΩN; Hercules standing facing, turned slightly to r., grasping the head of the Cretan Bull.
 
RG 562; Voegtli 4m
 
Picture credit: Nomos (Auction 6), 8.5.20121, lot 185

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