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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2749382, member: 82549&quot;]Yeah, what is the deal with the horn? I&#039;ve seen several coins of Elagabalus with hornlike appendages sticking from his head. Surely this wasn&#039;t intentional. Why would an emperor allow something like that on his coins? Could it be a poorly rendered laurel leaf?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my example. It looks like a transition phase between laurel leaf and a horn:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/Severans/Elagabalus.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Silver Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 221</p><p>Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG</p><p>Rev: P M TR P IIII COS III P P - Elagabalus, standing left, sacrificing with patera over altar and holding branch; star in left field</p><p>RIC 46</p><p>19mm, 1.9g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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