E-auction 52-22715 - bpv_130953 - ELAGABALUS Assarion
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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 46 € |
| Maximum bid : | 85 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 April 2014 16:25:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 218-220
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,75 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Portrait du revers de qualité exceptionnelle de réalisme. Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier. Petite faiblesse de frappe au droit sur la légende
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Élagabal à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : M AUR - ANTWNINOS, (Marcos Aurhlios Antoninos).
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste drapé de Sérapis à droite, coiffé du calathos.
Reverse legend : NIKOPOLITW-N PROS.
Reverse translation : (de Nicopolis près de l’Istrus, Danube).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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