Elagabalus

Elagabalus 

(Antoninus Pius II) 

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Augustus, 218 – 222 A.D.

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 Coin: AR Denarius

Obverse: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, 

laureate, horned and draped bust facing to the right. 

Reverse: SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB, Elagabalus, standing to the right, 

pouring libations from a Patera held with his right hand over a lit Altar. 

✴ in the upper right field.

 

Weight: 2.47 g
Diameter: 19.5 x 17.5 x 1.1 mm

Die axis: 180°
Mint: Rome, issued between 221-222 A.D.
Reference: RIC IV 131

 

 

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 Coin: AR Denarius

Obverse: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, 

laureate, horned and draped bust facing to the right. 

Reverse: SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus, standing to the left, 

pouring libations from a Patera held with his right hand, 

over a lit Tripod and holding an Olive branch with his left hand. 

✴ in the left field.

 

Weight: 1.76 g
Diameter: 18 x 17 x 0.9 mm

Die axis: 0°
Mint: Rome, issued between 221-222 A.D.
Reference: RIC IV 146

Note: A metal detecting find from Yorkshire.

 

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 Coin: AE 25

Obverse: AVT K M AVPH ● ANTΩNEINOC, 

laureate bust facing to the right. 

Reverse: VΠ CEPΓ TITIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛΙΤΩΝ, 

Hermes, standing to the left, holding a Purse 

with his right hand and a Caduceus with his left.

 

Weight: 10.65 g
Diameter: 25.3 x 26 x 3 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mint: Marcianopolis, issued under the Consular Legate, Sergius Titianus.
Reference: Varbanov I, Marcianopolis 1457

Rated Rare (R3)

 

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 Coin: AE 24

Obverse: AVT K M AVP - ANTΩNEINOC, 

radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right. 

Reverse: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠOΛ-ΙΤΩΝ ΠPOC ICTPON, 

Dionysos, standing to the left, holding a Kantharos 

with his right hand and a Thyrsos with his left.

 

Weight: 8.60 g
Diameter: 24.7 x 25 x 1.8 mm
Die axis: 200°
Mint: Nicopolis ad Istrum, struck under the Consular Legate, Novius Rufus.
Reference: Varbanov I, Nicopolis ad Istrum 3995

Rated Rare (R3)

 

 

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 Coin: AE17

Obverse: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, 

Laureate bust facing to the right. 

Reverse: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠOΛΕΙΤΩΝ NEΩKOPΩN, 

Hygeia, standing to the right, holding a Serpent 

with her right hand, feeding it with a Patera held with her left.

 

Weight: 3.49 g
Diameter: 17.5 x 17 x 1.5 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mint: Philippopolis
Reference: Varbanov III, Philippopolis 1747

Rated Rare (R3)

 

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 Coin: AE17

Obverse: AVT KAI MA ANTΩNEINOC, 

Radiate bust facing to the right. 

Reverse: S●C, within a Laurel wreath, 

ΔE above, an Eagle, facing, head right, below.

 

Weight: 5.18 g
Diameter: 19.5 x 20 x 2.2 mm
Die axis: 150°
Mint: Antioch, Syria
Reference: B.M.C. 430

 

 

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