bpv_259421 - ELAGABALUS Tetrassaria
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 55.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 218-222
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 14,49 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait. Revers de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé
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 - ANTWNEINOS, (Autokratoros Mapkos Aurhlios Antoninos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Héra (Junon) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une phiale de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : UP NOBIOU ROUFOU NIKOPOLITWN PROS ISTRON, (Upatewn Nobiou Roufou Nikopolitwn Pros Istron)
Reverse translation : (Hypateon Novius Rufus ville de Nicopolis près d’Istros).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Ptéryges larges sous le paludamentum. Trou de centrage visible de chaque côté.
Heavyweight. Wide pteryges under the paludamentum. Centering hole visible on each side
Heavyweight. Wide pteryges under the paludamentum. Centering hole visible on each side
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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