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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 26224628, member: 91820&quot;]I foolishly started a part two if this thread instead of adding the sestertii to this thread so all will be in one place.&nbsp; As noted above,&nbsp; I needed two types to have examples of all of the 23 different major types of Elagabalus sestertii - Elagabalus on a horse and platform scene.&nbsp; The horse type is more common - there are about five on ACSEARCH representing those sold in a major auction since 1999 but only one, possibly two platform types&nbsp; - I have not seen one of those sold since CNG sale in or about 2006.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am going to rephotograph those in Part Two of my articles on the sestertii of Elagabalus so that all 22 are on this thread.&nbsp; But first I can add the last four types including the one just purchased.&nbsp; It has been a years long effort to get this done - there are still a few with more minor differences that i would love to have but Elagabalus sestertii are actually pretty rare - sometimes there are none being offered by major auction houses, and none offered on ebay - which despite everything is still a great place to find great coins.&nbsp; I should start a thread with those I have found in the past few years - but who needs the competition?</p><p><br /></p><p>Two Adventus types have been offered in the last ten years or so - a beautiful one that went for over $1000, and an even nicer one that went for over $1500 - not in my price range.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, much to my surprise, Heritage was offering a group lot of about 20 coins and including among them was a worn Adventus type of Elagabalus - I bought the lot for 190 euros - and here it is - it is a die match of one of the two dies I have seen for this type -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1674864[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next is this Mars which is only the second one offered in a major sale since 1999:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1674864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1674865[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason no matter what I do I can&#039;t simply put up Mars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next is Salus - I saw one for sale after not seeing any for years, but right after I got this one two more came up for sale - they didn&#039;t sell fast either which makes me wonder if I am the only one out there collecting his sestertii:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1674866[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally this one - much more rare than the other religious type - these are unique to Elagabalus as Rome tossed out the worship of this entity when they tossed out Elagabalus and his mom - this one was purchased at a European auction:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1674867[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And that&#039;s it - one more to go - assuming I get it, then what?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well...why not add a &quot;women of Elagabalus&quot; to this - I do have a few - no, it does not include Anna Faustina - but I can add Julia Soamias, Julia Maesa, Julia Paula and Aquila Severa, and also an interesting dupondius of Elagabalus.&nbsp; I can also add some racy stories from Dio Cassius about this bizarre emperor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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