v08_0330 - ELAGABALUS Denier
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 144.83 €
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 144.83 €
Type : Denier
Date: 221
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,77 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Portrait magnifique. Jolie patine de médaillier / Très joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cornu d'Élagabal à droite vu de trois quarts en avant avec favoris (A*01).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Antonin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACERD DEI SOLI ELAGAB/ -|*.
Reverse description : Élagabal lauré et drapé debout à droite, tenant de la main droite une patère et sacrifiant au-dessus d'un autel allumé, tenant de la main gauche une branche de cyprès, dirigée vers le haut.
Reverse translation : (Prêtre du dieu Soleil Élagabal).
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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