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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3915564, member: 87809&quot;]Don&#039;t have an Elagabalus Antoninianus. Contributing to the revival of this thread, which I think is a great idea <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius, Rome, 220 - 222 AD</p><p>17 mm, 3.45 g</p><p>Ref.: RIC IV/2, 88; Cohen 61; Sear 7518;</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has a double strike error on the reverse. One can see part of the pearled border perpendicular to where it should have been struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev.: INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing over altar, holding patera in right hand and club in left, bull lying down behind altar; in left field star</p><p><br /></p><p>This type was issued in the final emission of coinage under Elagabalus. During the previous year, a &quot;horn&quot; was added to Elagabalus&#039; portrait, commonly believed to be a mark indicating divine status. During this last issue final emission, though, the &quot;horn&quot; disappeared from the coinage, and it is theorized that the public became so reviled by his acts that the controversial symbol was removed by mint officials. Such a scenario is unlikely. It is more likely that the popular unrest provoked a sudden attempt by the regime to reform its image, one act would be the removal of the horn.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1032054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1032055[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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