Elagabalus. AE28 Dichalkus of Tyre, Phoenicia. 12.34 gr.

IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
TVRIORVM, Nude male figure facing front, moving left, chlamys 
over right forearm and waving out behind his left shoulder,
holding spear in left hand; behind him, four stags galloping 
right; star above; murex-shell below.

Ref: Rouvier 2388; Babelon ("Les Perses Archéménides") 2244; 
Mionnet V, 657; BMC Phoenicia 408.

Contributed by Adrian W of the Forum Ancient Coins, January, 2013