bpv_715053 - ELAGABALUS Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 218-222
Mint name / Town : Édesse, Mésopotamie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Jolis bustes. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé d’Elagabal à gauche.
Obverse legend : AUTO K M A ANTwNINOS.
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste voilé, tourelé et drapé de la Tyché d’Édesse à gauche.
Reverse legend : MAR AU ANTW EDESSA.
Reverse translation : (Colonie d’Édesse).
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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