Elagabalus, AE28 of Sidon, Phoenicia.

IMP CAESAR M A ANTONIN, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
COL AVR PIA METRO SID, Baetyl or amphora, with winged 
handles and on a dais with two sphinxes to left and right.

Unpublished reverse type. Rouvier 1518-1522 var (modius on reverse). Collectors number DL25519

The reverse of this coin appears to be of an unpublished type, without corollary amongst coins struck under any 
emperor. It reminds one of the vase and sphinxes types of 
Aradus, though it has a uniquely styled vase, with a large 
round body and thick neck, and with handles in the form of sphinxs' wings.

Contributed by Derek Lewis, June 2019.