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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5148941, member: 110350"]Great write-up!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's Elagabalus complete with horn and Persian trousers. Is he the first Roman Emperor ever to be depicted wearing trousers?</p><p><br /></p><p>Elagabalus AR Denarius, 221-222 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, horned & draped bust right, bearded, IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG/ Rev. Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from patera over lit tripod altar, holding branch, star in field left, SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG. RIC IV-2 146, RSC III 276 (bearded), Sear RCV II 7549. 17.71 mm., 3.97 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1208318[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's Aquilia Severa, the Vestal Virgin herself, also with a depiction of a sacrifice on the reverse, and also with a star in the field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aquilia Severa (second wife of Elagabalus), AR Denarius 220-222 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, Draped bust right/ Rev: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing left, holding patera over lighted altar and double cornucopiae; star in lower right field. RIC IV-2 226 (Elagabalus); RSC III 2. 18 mm., 3.2 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1208324[/ATTACH]</p><p>Does anyone have any idea why it looks like smoke is coming out of the cornucopiae on the left?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5148941, member: 110350"]Great write-up! Here's Elagabalus complete with horn and Persian trousers. Is he the first Roman Emperor ever to be depicted wearing trousers? Elagabalus AR Denarius, 221-222 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, horned & draped bust right, bearded, IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG/ Rev. Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from patera over lit tripod altar, holding branch, star in field left, SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG. RIC IV-2 146, RSC III 276 (bearded), Sear RCV II 7549. 17.71 mm., 3.97 g. [ATTACH=full]1208318[/ATTACH] And here's Aquilia Severa, the Vestal Virgin herself, also with a depiction of a sacrifice on the reverse, and also with a star in the field. Aquilia Severa (second wife of Elagabalus), AR Denarius 220-222 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, Draped bust right/ Rev: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing left, holding patera over lighted altar and double cornucopiae; star in lower right field. RIC IV-2 226 (Elagabalus); RSC III 2. 18 mm., 3.2 g. [ATTACH=full]1208324[/ATTACH] Does anyone have any idea why it looks like smoke is coming out of the cornucopiae on the left?[/QUOTE]
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