Ladies: RI Julia Maesa AR Denarius Pudicitia 3.1g 19mm Sear 2183 RI Julia Soaemias 218-222 CE AR Den Venus Caelestis star RIC IV 241 Julia Paula Augusta AD 219-220 AR Denarius 18 mm 3.10g Antioch mint AD 219-220 - Venus Genetrix seated left holding apple scepter RIC IV 222 RSC 21 RI Julia Aquilia Severa 220-222 CE AE 4th Wife Elagabalus
Julia Paula (219 - 220 A.D.) AR Denarius O: IVLIA PAVLA AVG, Draped bust right. R: CONCORDIA, Concordia seated left, patera in right, left elbow resting on arm of throne, star in left field. Rome 3.1g 18.3mm RSC 6a , RIC 211 Aquilia Severa (220, & 221 - 222 A.D.) AR Denarius O: IVLIA AQUILIA SEVERA AVG, Draped bust right. R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head left, holding double cornucopia and sacrificing with patera over altar to left; star to right. Rome Mint 19mm 3.02g RIC IV(part 2), pg 47, #226 (Elagabalus) Scarcer with "Star in Right Field".
Ala Gebal = early form of "mount of Allah" or "Allah's mountain"? I've read somewhere that this was the meaning in Syriac, a language related to Arabic. Interesting that a black stone was the focus of the Emesan cult and also in Islam, where it resides inside the ka'bah.
Here is the stone in the wall of the kaaba. Said by legend- Hadith to have been given to the first human/Adam by an angel and put in the Kaaba by Abraham.
Okay, with @Mat and @Alegandron posting two out of three Elagabalus wives, we're going to be stuck unless I post my Annia Faustina. It is the Lindgren I plate coin, too:
SEVERUS ALEXANDER AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: P M TR P X COS III P P, Sol, radiate. standing left with raised hand and globe Struck at Rome, 231 AD 3.4g, 20mm RIC 109 SEVERUS ALEXANDER AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing left, flower in right, with left raising skirt Struck at Rome, 232 AD 3.3g,19mm RIC IV 254, RSC III 543
Severus Alexander Denarius, struck AD 231 at Rome mint. Obv: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right. Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding grain ears over modius in right hand, anchor in left. Ref: RIC IV 252 Severus Alexander, Sestertius/Justitia. RIC IV 563 Severus Alexander, Caesarea Martima. Eagle with wreath, SPQR within. Severus Alexander, AE Dupondius Struck 224 AD, Rome mint Obverse: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, Bust of Severus Alexander, radiate, draped, right. Reverse: PONTIF MAX TR P III COS P P, Severus Alexander, in military attire, standing left, holding globe in right hand and inverted spear in left hand, S-C in field. References: RIC IV 420h Severus Alexander, AE As Struck 225 AD, Rome mint Obverse: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, right. Reverse: P M TR P IIII COS P P, Severus Alexander, in military attire, standing left, holding globe in right hand and spear reversed in left hand, S-C in field. References: RIC IV 435
I have many of him. But we need more Tets here. Best of my Tets of his. Severus Alexander (222 - 235 A.D.) Billon Tetradrachm EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA O: A KAI MAR AUR SEUHR - ALEXANDROS - EUSEB, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: Athena Nikephoros seated left on throne, holding scepter; LE (date) to left, shield below. 22mm 12.4g G. 2427; Dattari 4286
Funny, when you examine his portrait, he looks like a nice teenager! Some Emperors looked the part/ Caracalla/ Septimus Severus/ Nero/ Maximus Thrax
Gotta have SA wife, Orbiana. Orbiana (225 - 227 A.D.) AR Denarius O: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, draped bust right. R: CONCORDIA AVGG,Concordia seated left holding double cornucopia and patera. Rome 19mm 3.8g RIC IV 319, RSC III 1, BMCRE VI 287, SRCV II 8191
Hey @panzerman - that denarius of Alexander says MARS VITOR on the reverse. Wasn't there supposed to be a "C" in there? Could be a very rare and valuable type...
Thanks for pointing that out, I never noticed! I know it was not a pricey coin (100 euros) there about.