brm_625575 - ELAGABALUS Denier
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 218-220
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Très joli revers. Fine usure superficielle. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG .
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Élagabal à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Antonin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CON-COR-DIA// MILIT.
Reverse description : Deux aigles légionnaires placées sur deux vexilla “aquila” entre deux enseignes militaires “signa”.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Militum”, (La Concorde militaire).
Commentary
Poids léger. Sur les monnaies syriennes, le portrait de l'empereur est beaucoup moins stéréotypé que sur les deniers romains ; preuve est que les graveurs syriens étaient capables de rendre les portraits de manière plus expressive et plus individuelle.
Lightweight. On Syrian coins, the portrait of the emperor is much less stereotypical than on Roman denarii; proof is that Syrian engravers were able to render portraits in a more expressive and individual manner.
Lightweight. On Syrian coins, the portrait of the emperor is much less stereotypical than on Roman denarii; proof is that Syrian engravers were able to render portraits in a more expressive and individual manner.
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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