E-auction 373-285647 - brm_585889 - ELAGABALUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 70 € |
| Price : | 29 € |
| Maximum bid : | 31 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 June 2020 14:23:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: fin
Date: 221
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d'Élagabal à droite vu de trois quarts en avant avec favoris et barbe (A*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus”, (L'empereur Antonin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB/ -|*.
Reverse description : Élagabal lauré et drapé debout à droite, tenant de la main droite une patère et sacrifiant au-dessus d'un autel paré et allumé, tenant de la main gauche un sceptre bouleté pointé vers le haut orné d’une corne.
Reverse translation : “Sacerdos Dei Solis Elagabali”, (Prêtre du dieu soleil Élagabal).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Sur cet exemplaire, il n’y a pas de corne visible au droit dans le buste. En revanche, au revers, la traditionnelle branche de cyprès que tient Élagabal est remplacé par un bâton ou un sceptre orné d’une corne. Cette variété était déjà signalée par M. Thirion, mais associé à un buste avec corne dans la chevelure de l’empereur au droit.
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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