bpv_973807 - ELAGABALUS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 218-219
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court et centré. Usure régulière. Patine foncée et sable
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Élagabal à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K M AU ANTWNINOS
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S. C.
Reverse description : Dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : D / E
Historical background
ELAGABALUS
(16/05/218-12/03/222)
Proclaimed emperor on May 16, 218, Elagabalus, sole august until the end of June or the beginning of July, left Syria to join Rome. Elagabalus stops at Nicomedia. He spent the whole winter there and fell ill. It was therefore in this city that he took up his second consulship. Elagabal will not arrive in Rome until July or September 219, bringing the black stone of his cult to install him in his capital. He will never return to Syria, quickly assassinated after an unequaled reign of turpitude and disorder.
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