bpv_177211 - ELAGABALUS Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 218-220
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,00 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 10,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, légèrement décentré sur les légendes, en particulier au droit. Magnifique portrait, de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Très jolie patine vert émail lissée, légèrement écaillée au revers
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Élagabal à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT M AURH - ANTWN[EINOS], (Autokratoros Mapkos Aurhlios Antoninos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Jupiter (Zeus) debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un long sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse legend : UP NOBIOU ROUFOU NIKOPOLITWN/ PROS IS// TR/ON, (Upatewn Nobiou Roufou Nikopolitwn Pros Istron)
Reverse translation : (Hypateon Novius Rufus ville de Nicopolis près d’Istros).
Commentary
La légende du revers commence normalement et se termine dans le champ, faute de place.
The legend on the reverse starts normally and ends in the field due to lack of space
The legend on the reverse starts normally and ends in the field due to lack of space
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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