bpv_538187 - ELAGABALUS Unité
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Price : 225.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: an 227
Mint name / Town : Sidon, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,26 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Beau buste d’Élagabal. Joli revers inhabituel. Belle patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR ANTONINV AV.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Élagabal à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : (Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL - MET// SID/ LEG/III.
Reverse description : Colon voilé, conduisant un paire de bœufs dans un rite de fondation ; derrière un vexillum inscrit.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Sidonis, Legionis tertium” (La colonie métropole de Sidon, troisième légion).
Commentary
Au revers, il doit s’agir de la troisième Legion parthica (LEG III) formée par Septime Sévère pendant les opérations contre les Parthes.
On the reverse, it must be the third Legion parthica (LEG III) formed by Septimius Severus during the operations against the Parthians
On the reverse, it must be the third Legion parthica (LEG III) formed by Septimius Severus during the operations against the Parthians
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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