Denarius - Elagabalus TRIB P II COS II P P SPEI; Spes

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Elagabalus (Sextus Varius Avitus Basianus) (218-222)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	219
Value	Denarius (½)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 276822
References	RIC IV.2# 173 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1938. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.2. Macrinus – Pupienus (AD 217–238). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.el.173 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP ANTONINVS AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Antoninus Augustus.

Translation: Supreme commander and emperor Antoninus.

Reverse

Spes, draped, walking left, holding flower in extended right hand and raising fold of skirt with left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TRIB P II COS II P P SPEI

Unabridged legend: Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae, Spei.

Translation: Holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul for the second time, father of the nation. Of hope.

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

Source:
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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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