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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikjo0, post: 171379, member: 3565&quot;]Jim,</p><p>what you have is a coin of the emperor Elagabalus aka Antoninus Pius minted between 220 and 222 AD.</p><p>The reverse inscription reads IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG and the reverse is SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB.</p><p>The reverse also depicts Elagabalus in Syrian religious dress sacrificing over the altar of his favorite god and namesake Baal.The inscription translates to &quot;The Priest of the Sun God Baal&quot;</p><p>The interesting thing is that this particular coin was issued only as a silver denarius and from your pic,it must have been seriously debased,but it IS a denarius.Here&#039;s a pic of another one like yours</p><p>Nice find![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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