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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2324051, member: 31620&quot;]I bought myself a few denarii last year.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elagabalus denarius </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing holding a patera over an altar and a club. Star in left field. Bull behind the altar</p><p>Minted in Rome. A.D. 220-222</p><p>Reference– BMC 209-210. RIC 88. RSC III 61 </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_071af_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elagabalus denarius </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing holding a patera over an altar and a club. Star in left field. Bull behind the altar</p><p>Minted in Rome. A.D. 220-222</p><p>Reference– BMC 209-210. RIC 88. RSC III 61b </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_071aa_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elagabalus denarius </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing half-left, sacraficing over a patera over an altar and holds a branch. Star in left field</p><p>Minted in Rome. A.D. 222 onwards</p><p>Reference– BMC 232. RIC 146. RSC III 276.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remanants of star in right field. The die having been re-engraved to place the star correctly in front of the emperor. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_071ab_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elagabalus denarius</b></p><p>Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing holding patera over an altar and branch. Star in right field. Horn on ground to his left</p><p>Minted in Rome. A.D. 222</p><p>Reference– BMC 209 note. RIC 87 (where it is rated Common citing Cohen). RSC III 58. Cohen 58 (illustrated with star in right field) valued at 50 Fr. No examples in RD.</p><p>ex Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG Sale 42, Lot 379, 20th November 2007, ex Barry Feirstein Collection, previously privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.</p><p>Described as Lightly toned and good extremely fine by NAC.</p><p>21 mm. 3.11 gms. 0 degrees.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin would certainly seem to be scarcer than the &quot;Common&quot; rating given in RIC would imply. No examples in RD, only one example on acsearch (this coin). No examples on Wildwinds (the RIC 87 there would appear to be in error). </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_071ae_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elagabalus denarius </b></p><p>Obv:– ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate draped bust right</p><p>Rev:– CON_SVL II P P, Aequitas standing left holding scales and cornucopia</p><p>Minted in Antioch, A.D. 218-219</p><p>Reference:– RIC 167. RSC 22. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_071x_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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