Elagabalus: Fall of an eccentric Emperor

Nothing like a good Elagabalus yarn. Oh, and that new acquisition is very nice indeed!

 

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Sestertii of Elagabalus are rather expensive and hard to find. Therefore I only have this rather crusty example:

 

Nice one Sallent. I don't get to bring these guys out too often:


Severus Alexander, Rome, AD 222-235
AR, denarius, 19mm, 2.4g; 6h; Rome mint, AD 226
Obv.: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG; laureate bust right
Rev.: PM TRP V COS II PP; Mars advancing right holding spear and trophy arms


Don't have my notes handy for this one.

 

Nice one @Sallent ! Great write up, and great coin!

I only have this one representative of that Human Freak Show:


RI Elagabalus 218-222 CE AR Antoninianus Radiate Roma seated

 

Pudicitia...Not so much a goddess as much as she was a virtue. Pudicitia was the concept of sexual virtue. In modern slang, sexual purity or modesty.

A married woman who was faithful to her husband and feminine in nature might be said to have pudicitia, while a peostitute would definitely be impudicitia (lacking sexual modesty).

The concept was often represented in Roman art or coins in female form.

 

Truly wonderful posts everyone!!!

My favorite example of Elagabalus has to be this denarius struck at antioch circa 218-219 AD:



And an example of Severus and Grandma;

 

Astonishing 3D boat on the reverse!!!!

 

Thanks J-G !! But I believe @stevex6 has an even better example.

Hope you're all enjoying mild weather and sunshine...we have a blizzard blowing here in NY---and yesterday it was 60 degrees fahrenheit LOL

 

Gosh, I SURE am glad I moved to WI to get away from all that BAD weather!

 

And here in South Florida I'm still trying to convince my six year old that snow is real. He says it's fake because he's never seen any. Sub-Tropical paradise problems, am I right?

 

The sacred stone was... gasp... EATEN? Heavens to Zeus, the depravity!

 

To be more specific it was baked nicely with those little bacon bits and accompanied with a hefty steak.

 

Elagabalus! I like coins from that wacky weirdo as he was on my first ancient coin. Here's a few examples from my collection.


Attribution: RIC IV 153
Date: 218-222 AD
Obverse: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right
Reverse: VICTOR ANTONINI AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch
Size: 20.29 mm
Weight: 3.26 grams


Attribution: RIC IV 1
Date: 218 AD
Obverse: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, Radiate draped cuirassed bust right
Reverse: P M T-R P COS P P, Roma seated left on shield holding Victory in right hand and sceptre in left
Size: 21.9 mm
Weight: 4.5 grams

 

LOL, your son is correct, there is no such thing as snow. It is all entertainment news that they put on TV and the web to make Florida folks feel good. All the Damyankees who moved there were brainwashed prior to there moves into BELIEVING there was snow up North. Nope, a falsehood. All of the North American continent is just like Florida.

I used to fly from WI every week to Orlando for 2 years for a business I was running. Absolutely no difference in climates during any time of the year.

 

I'm still slowly getting into the Roman Empire figures on coins. Elagalbus is on the list, but there are so many others.

Snow huh? I'm stuck at home, they closed all public schools so I'm home coin shopping. You may think thats a good thing but my wallet disagrees.

 

Sallent, The description notes "horned" and a "horn at peak of bust"
I don't see what is described. Please elaborate. Thanks.

 

Here is another coin for your thread:


Elagabalus, AD 218-222
AE, 23mm, 6.41g; 12h; Nicaea, Bithynia
Obv.: M AVPH ANTΩNINOC AVG; Laureate head right
Rev.: N-IK-AI-E-[ΩN] beneath the masts of legionary standards; eagle facing, head right, wings spread, between two standards surmounted by capricorns.


For me this coin checked a couple interests of mine - military theme, cool green color, and it was my first Elagabalus. It also has capricorns that I always forget about.

 

great write up and killer new coin sallent! plenty of cool coins in these thread!

i have several procinial coins of this cat, here are 3 of them....

 

Elagabalus (also known as Heliogabal) is one of my favorite emperors with his many gruesome stories. There are several fantastic novels about him and naturally the painting of the Roses by Alma-Tadema, hmmm!

I have several coins, especially Provincial ones. This is a recent addition, a pentassarion of Parium (Mysia). 22 mm, 6.56 gr., with Genius on the reverse.



This one I bought recently, AE16, 3.23 gr., Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.

 

thanks, that can't be Zeus on my coins reverse. it's either Pudicita or another deity.