Phrygia, Kibyra, Elagabal BMC 63
Elagabal AD 218-222
AE 24, 7.87g
obv. AV KM AV - ANTWNINOC
bust, draped, radiate, r.
rev. KIBVRATWN
River-god leaning l., resting with l. arm on vase from which water is flowing l., holding in r. hand reed; above in l. field a chest
in l. field KAICA / RE / WN ( in 3 lines)
BMC 63; SNG München 24, 296; SNG München 29, 294
The obv. is found on SNG von Aulock 3742 too
Rare, F

The chest is the symbol of Kibyra. Because KIBWTON (greek for wooden case, chest) was used in the NT for Noah's Ark it was suggested that Kibyra was the place where Noah has landed after the Flood. Therefore it became a place of pilgrimage. 

Contributed by Hans-Joachim Hoeft, December, 2006.