v09_0317 - ELAGABALUS 4 assaria (MB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 153.97 €
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 153.97 €
Type : 4 assaria (MB, Æ 28)
Date: c. 218-222
Mint name / Town : Anchialus, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 13,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Magnifique patine vert jade / Revers inhabituel, bien centré
Catalogue references :
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, (Autokrator Marcos Aurhlios Antoneinos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Marc-Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Table sur laquelle sont posées deux urnes agonistiques, contenant chacune une palme ; entre les pieds de la table, une inscription.
Reverse legend : OULPIA-NWN AGCIA//LEWN/ SEBHRIA/NUMFIA
Reverse translation : (Ulpia Anchialus).
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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