brm_1033915 - ELAGABALUS Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 218-219
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince, légèrement décentré au droit. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ANTO-NINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Élagabal à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Antoninus Augustus”, (L’empereur Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPEI PER-PETVAE.
Reverse description : Spes (L'Espérance) marchant à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant un pan de sa robe avec la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Spei Perpetuæ”, (À l’Espérance perpétuelle).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce type de revers ne se rencontre que pour l’atelier d’Antioche.
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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