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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsman, post: 7999491, member: 99177&quot;]Nice coin indeed. Beautiful Pax on the reverse. Congrats.</p><p><br /></p><p>My denarius refers to Elagabalus&#039; role as priest of the Syrian god from whom he took his nickname. His religious fanaticism was a primary cause of his downfall. Love the history of this coin.</p><p>If you look closely you can see the bull with horns on the reverse behind the altar. On the obverse another horn, but now on the emperor’s head.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1387780[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 88, RSC 61.</p><p>Elagabalus, denarius.</p><p>19 mm 3,12 g.</p><p>Obv. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, draped and bearded bust right.</p><p>Rev. INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing half left, branch in left, offering from patera in right over altar, recumbent bull behind altar, star left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Elagabalus (c. 203 – March 11, 222), also known as Heliogabalus or Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a Roman Emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 to 222. g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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