v13_0501 - ELAGABALUS Denier
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 304.90 €
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Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 304.90 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 218-220
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie, Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,76 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 1re
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG .
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Élagabal à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Antonin pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CON-COR-DIA// MILIT.
Reverse description : Deux aigles légionnaires placées sur deux vexilla “aquila” entre deux enseignes militaires “signa”.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Militum”, (La Concorde militaire).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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