v18_0504 - ELAGABALUS Assarion
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 100.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 100.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: 220-222
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,96 g.
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait réaliste. Jolie patine vert olive foncé. Beau revers. Flan large et complet des deux côtés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Élagabal à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K M AURH - ANTWNEINOS (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurhlios Antwneinos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Grappe de raisin.
Reverse legend : MARKIANOPOLITWN, (Markianopolitwn)
Reverse translation : (Marcianopolis).
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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