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<p>[QUOTE="Mat, post: 1268169, member: 21445"]Most ancient collectors here know I have been looking for a "horned bust" of Elagabalus after close to a year after Doug told me about it. After some losses to some and unhappiness with the looks of others I finally got one that met my top 3 things I wanted in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Got it for about the going rate but its nice to have the "<span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">Emesa Stone" lifted off my shoulders.</font></span>:hail:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/67nq4p.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ELAGABALUS (</b>218-222 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome mint. Struck 220-222 AD.</p><p>O: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, horn on head.</p><p>R: SACRED DEI SOLIS ELAGAB, Elagabalus standing right, holding branch (?) and sacrificing from patera over lighted altar; star in right field. </p><p>RIC IV 131; BMCRE 225 note; RSC 246</p><p>19mm</p><p>3.5g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mat, post: 1268169, member: 21445"]Most ancient collectors here know I have been looking for a "horned bust" of Elagabalus after close to a year after Doug told me about it. After some losses to some and unhappiness with the looks of others I finally got one that met my top 3 things I wanted in it. Got it for about the going rate but its nice to have the "[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]Emesa Stone" lifted off my shoulders.[/FONT][/COLOR]:hail: [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/67nq4p.jpg[/IMG] [B]ELAGABALUS ([/B]218-222 A.D.) AR Denarius Rome mint. Struck 220-222 AD. O: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, horn on head. R: SACRED DEI SOLIS ELAGAB, Elagabalus standing right, holding branch (?) and sacrificing from patera over lighted altar; star in right field. RIC IV 131; BMCRE 225 note; RSC 246 19mm 3.5g[/QUOTE]
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