bpv_937928 - ELAGABALUS Assarion
35.00 €(Approx. 40.60$ | 30.80£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 218
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,09 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince et centré, éclaté à une heure. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Élagabal à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K M AUR - ANTWNINOS, (Autokratoros Kaisaros Markos Aurhlios Antonninos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Ciste mystique (panier) d’où s’échappe un serpent à droite.
Reverse legend : MARKIANOPOLITWN, (Markianopolitwn)
Reverse translation : (de Marcianopolis).
Commentary
La ciste mystique est l’un des symboles utilisés par Dionysos et aussi pour son fils, Esculape.
The mystical cist is one of the symbols used by Dionysus and also for his son, Aesculapius
The mystical cist is one of the symbols used by Dionysus and also for his son, Aesculapius
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
20 Pesos CUBA 2008 P.FX50 UNC-
25.00 €
100 Roubles RUSSIA Rostov 1919 PS.0417a AU+
27.00 €
CALAISIS - CALAIS - HENRY VI OF LANCASTER Demi-gros VF/VF
50.00 €
ELAGABALUS Assarion VF
35.00 €
LOUIS XIV "THE SUN KING" Lot de huit liards n.d. Ateliers divers F
26.00 €
1 franc Louis-Philippe, couronne de chêne 1847 Strasbourg F.210/111 VF
150.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
