brm_1078272 - ELAGABALUS Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: fin
Date: 221
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,06 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie, centrée des deux côtés. Très beau revers, finement détaillé. Joli buste d’Elagabal. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste cornu, barbu, lauré et drapé d'Élagabal à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Antonin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG/ *|-.
Reverse description : Élagabal lauré et drapé debout de face tourné à gauche, tenant une branche de cyprès tournée vers le haut de la main gauche et une patère de la main droite, sacrifiant au-dessus d'un autel allumé ; derrière l'autel, dépouille de bœuf.
Reverse translation : “Invictus Sacerdos Augusti”, (Le Prêtre invincible de l'auguste).
Commentary
C’est l’avant-dernière émission du règne d’Élagabal, la plus intéressante du point de vue religieux avec la corne ornant le buste.
It is the penultimate issue of the reign of Elagabal, the most interesting from a religious point of view with the horn adorning the bust
It is the penultimate issue of the reign of Elagabal, the most interesting from a religious point of view with the horn adorning the bust
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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