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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7677757, member: 110350"]CGB, I believe. Not to be confused with CNG!</p><p><br /></p><p>Could you please elaborate on the "Bicharactus" theory? A quick Google search yields results primarily in German, plus this one reference from 1974 that really doesn't sound like the antoninianus -- which obviously existed well before 294 AD:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/abs/moneta-bicharactadisgnim/36EC87247655A4AD1FEA65F6FCC4A1B9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/abs/moneta-bicharactadisgnim/36EC87247655A4AD1FEA65F6FCC4A1B9" rel="nofollow">https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/abs/moneta-bicharactadisgnim/36EC87247655A4AD1FEA65F6FCC4A1B9</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Extract</p><p><br /></p><p>In the year 1970, during excavations at Aphrodisias in Caria, fragments of an inscription were discovered, beginning with the words: BICHARACTA Mİ [—, The editors suggest this should be read: BICHARACTA MONETA. The inscription may be dated to the year 301, and is part of an edict of the Emperor Diocletian dealing with his monetary reforms. The editors further suggest that ‘Bicharacta moneta’ perhaps refers to ‘the new coinage of A.D. 294, created by a grand recoinage (i.e. second striking) of old pieces’</p><p><br /></p><p>Type</p><p>Research Article</p><p>Information</p><p>The Classical Quarterly , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , May 1974 , pp. 134 - 136</p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838800030317" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838800030317" rel="nofollow">https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838800030317</a>[Opens in a new window]</p><p>Copyright</p><p>Copyright © The Classical Association 1974</p><p><br /></p><p>****</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no Elagabalus antoniniani, only these two denarii (one early and one late). I chose them specifically because I wanted one portrait that looked as youthful as possible, and one that looked as mature as possible, with beard and "horn."</p><p><br /></p><p>Elagabalus AR Denarius, 218-219 AD, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate draped bust right, no beard, ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG/Rev. Two standards between two legionary eagles, CONCORDIA MILIT. RIC IV-2 187, RSC III 15, Sear RCV II 7505 (ill.). 18 mm., 2.8 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318716[/ATTACH]</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]1318717[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus this Alexandrian tetradrachm from Year 3:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318718[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7677757, member: 110350"]CGB, I believe. Not to be confused with CNG! Could you please elaborate on the "Bicharactus" theory? A quick Google search yields results primarily in German, plus this one reference from 1974 that really doesn't sound like the antoninianus -- which obviously existed well before 294 AD: [URL]https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/abs/moneta-bicharactadisgnim/36EC87247655A4AD1FEA65F6FCC4A1B9[/URL] Extract In the year 1970, during excavations at Aphrodisias in Caria, fragments of an inscription were discovered, beginning with the words: BICHARACTA Mİ [—, The editors suggest this should be read: BICHARACTA MONETA. The inscription may be dated to the year 301, and is part of an edict of the Emperor Diocletian dealing with his monetary reforms. The editors further suggest that ‘Bicharacta moneta’ perhaps refers to ‘the new coinage of A.D. 294, created by a grand recoinage (i.e. second striking) of old pieces’ Type Research Article Information The Classical Quarterly , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , May 1974 , pp. 134 - 136 DOI: [URL]https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838800030317[/URL][Opens in a new window] Copyright Copyright © The Classical Association 1974 **** I have no Elagabalus antoniniani, only these two denarii (one early and one late). I chose them specifically because I wanted one portrait that looked as youthful as possible, and one that looked as mature as possible, with beard and "horn." Elagabalus AR Denarius, 218-219 AD, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate draped bust right, no beard, ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG/Rev. Two standards between two legionary eagles, CONCORDIA MILIT. RIC IV-2 187, RSC III 15, Sear RCV II 7505 (ill.). 18 mm., 2.8 g. [ATTACH=full]1318716[/ATTACH] 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]1318717[/ATTACH] Plus this Alexandrian tetradrachm from Year 3: [ATTACH=full]1318718[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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