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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 26225709, member: 128351&quot;]Some reflexions on your interesting sestertii of Elagabalus. You wrote </p><p>. The <i>Adventus</i> is not about the emperor leaving rome but entering Rome. This sestertius must have been minted in 219 when Elagabalus arrived in Rome from Hemesa, carrying the Baetyl with him (not on his back like Obelix, but on a chariot like Elagabalus). As represented on coins, this adventus must have been traditional : the emperor on horseback, in the military attire of all <i>imperatores</i>, raising hand. Herodian wrote that the new young emperor entered Rome in Syrian priestly robes, a first scandal, but Cassius Dio and the Historia Augusta (after Marius Maximus) report nothing special on this occasion, like on coins minted for the circumstance. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another remark : your <i>Mars</i> and <i>Salus Antonini</i> sestertii are obverse die-linked. On this die, Elagabalus&#039; bust looks a little like Diadumenianus. These two undated sestertii must have been minted very early in the reign, perhaps as soon as 218, before the new emperor had been seen in Rome. This is consistent with the Mars theme : Elagabalus fought his only war in 218, when toppling Macrinus in Syria.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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