bpv_708916 - ELAGABALUS Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 218-222
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Élagabal à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K M AUR - ANTWNEINOS, (Autokrator Kaisaros Antwneinos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Télesphore debout de face.
Reverse legend : MARKIANOPOLEITWN, (Markianopolitwn)
Reverse translation : (de Marcianopolis).
Commentary
Il s’agit bien d’Élagabal et non de Caracalla. Ce type avec Télesphore, fils d’Esculape, dieu de la Médecine semble beaucoup plus rare et surtout beaucoup plus recherché.
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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