Book Title: Parergon, siue, Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae

Author: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Image Title: Collection of Roman Coins

Description: The coin on the left commemorates the transport of a sacred stone from Emesa to Rome (shown on the verso) and was probably structk 220-221 CE. The face of the coin shows the emperor at this time, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (formerly known as Elagabalus).

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