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Æ22 - Elagabalus PETAΛ (sic) COLONIA
| Issuer | Petra (Arabia) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP C M AVΡ ANTWNINO (sic) (Translation: to Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) |
| Reverse description | A colonial founder or colonist strides to the right, raising his right hand while guiding a yoke of oxen pulling a plough, representing the ritual act of marking out the sacred boundary (pomerium) of the colony of Petra. The two oxen are depicted in profile beneath the PETAΛ legend above, with COLONIA inscribed in the lower exergual area. The scene alludes to Petra's status as a Roman colonia, a distinction granted under Elagabalus. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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