ELAGABALUS  (218-222 AD) Æ 21mm BIBLICAL SAMARIA: SEBASTE (8.6 gm) 

Estimate:  US $ 390


BIBLICAL SAMARIA: SEBASTE. ELAGABALUS  (218-222 AD) Æ 21mm (8.6 gm.)  
Laureate, draped bust right/Hades snatching Kore/Persephone away 
from Demeter and fleeing right. BMC-,Rose 27, Meshorer 120. Near 
Very Fine/Very Fine. Dark green patina. 

Rare and wonderful depiction of the Greek myth of Hades’ abduction 
of Persephone, Demeter’s mourning in withholding her bounty from the 
earth and the resulting compromise that restored Persephone to her 
mother for part of the year; the origin story of the seasons.