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brm_565913 - ELAGABALUS Denier

ELAGABALUS Denier XF/AU
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 219
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Fine usure régulière. Joli revers à l’épigraphie particulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
C.23 ( var. 4f.) - RIC.168  - BMC/RE.307  - RSC.23 a - H.2/-  - Th.325 (R2) - RCV.7508

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP ANTO-NINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Élagabal à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2) .
Obverse translation : “Imperator Antoninus Augustus”, (L’empereur Antonin auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONSVL - .II. P P..
Reverse description : Aequitas (L'Équité) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche..
Reverse translation : “Consul Iterum Pater Patriæ”, (Consul pour la deuxième fois père de la patrie).

Commentary

Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. .

Historical background

Elagabalus

(16/05/218-12/03/222) Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Elagabalus was proclaimed emperor on May 16 218, only august until late June or early July, leaving Syria to reach Rome. Elagabalus stops at Nicomedia, he spent the winter and it gets sick. It is in this city that takes its second consulate. Elagabalus not arrive in Rome in July or September 219, bringing the black stone of worship to install in its capital. He never returned to Syria assassinated soon after an unparalleled reign turpitude and disorders.

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