v21_2889 - ELAGABALUS Denier
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 09-12/219
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,81 g.
Emission: 7
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire ayant conservé son brillant d’origine avec un portrait magnifique. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Élagabal à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*21).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Antonin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FORTVNAE REDVCI.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) debout de face tournée à gauche tenant de la main droite un gouvernail posé sur un globe et de la main gauche une corne d'abondance.
Reverse translation : “Fortunæ Reduci”, (Au retour de la Fortune).
Commentary
Poids léger. Trace de frappe incuse au revers. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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