Denarius - Elagabalus SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Elagabalus (Sextus Varius Avitus Basianus) (218-222)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	218-222
Value	Denarius (½)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.7 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 276865
References	RIC IV.2# 200 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.200 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus.
Supreme commander Antoninus, the pious emperor.

Reverse

Elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod, holding club downwards in left hand; in field, star.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG

Translation:
Summus Sacerdos Avgusti.
High Priest Emperor.

Mint

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

Comments

Mass varies: 2.68–2.683 g;

Example of this type:
Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte Thüringens

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (218-222)

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