v16_0587 - ELAGABALUS Denier
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 03/222
Date: 222
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 12e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait sur un flan large, légèrement ovale et échancré. Patine grise. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste barbu, lauré et drapé d'Élagabal à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*01) .
Obverse translation : “Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Antonin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG/ *|-.
Reverse description : Élagabal lauré et drapé debout de face tourné à gauche, tenant une branche de cyprès tournée vers le haut de la main gauche et une patère de la main droite, sacrifiant au-dessus d'un autel allumé ; derrière l'autel, dépouille de bœuf.
Reverse translation : “Invictus Sacerdos Augusti”, (Le Prêtre invincible de l'empereur).
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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