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Antiochia ad Orontem in Syria, 198-217 AD., Caracalla, AE19
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Caracalla (Elagabalus?), AE19 mm, 4,80 g., mint of Antiochia ad Orontem
Obv.: [A]YT . N . M . AY . C . ANTΩNI - [NOC] , laureate head right.
Rev.: S C within laurel wreath; Δ above SC and E below.
cf. http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/17342.php (same obverse die) ; cf. BMC 438 (Elagabal).
Butcher proposes that Δ E means Δ E ( ΠA P X E I Ω N) or "of the four eparchies" and is related to the imperial cult at Antioch (and later at Laodicea).
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