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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2324028, member: 56859&quot;]It looks well-toned as is-- very nice!</p><p><br /></p><p>I too have a fondness for Elagabalus and have many of his provincials and a couple of denarii:</p><p><br /></p><p>Transporting the Sacred Stone of Emesa (full writeup and diorama <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/">here</a>):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470264[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, 19.4 mm, 3.5 gm</p><p>Antioch, struck 218-219 CE</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right </p><p>Rev:&nbsp; SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL, Quadriga right, bearing sacred Baetyl stone, flanked by four parasols</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC IV 195</p><p><br /></p><p>The common &quot;Emperor sacrificing&quot; denarius, with &quot;horn&quot; (bovine phallus?) headgear:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalussacrificing-reflectiontemplate-jpg.454952/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, Rome mint. Struck CE 221-222. 3.55 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; laureate and draped bust right, with “horn” on forehead</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB; Elagabalus standing right, holding club and sacrificing from patera over lighted altar; star to right; faint star in left field (likely engraved and then mostly removed by grinding the field).</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC IV 131; Thirion 302; RSC 246[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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