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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2646350, member: 56859&quot;]I agree-- Elagabalus is a fascinating character!&nbsp; Nice coins, everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite of his Imperial coins is the one depicting the parading of the sacred stone of Emesa (the batyl of El Gabal).&nbsp; It&#039;s a great story:</p><p><br /></p><p><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/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalussacredstone-rt-jpg.574868/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, 19.4 mm, 3.5 gm</p><p>Antioch, CE 218-219</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL, Quadriga right, bearing sacred baetyl of Emesa, flanked by four parasols</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 195</p><p><br /></p><p>Re-creation of the reverse--a parodic diorama currently on display in my foyer-- although the potato was eaten and has been replaced with a rock <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalusdiorama8-jpg.363489/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The scheming grandmother:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maesatyreae-rt-jpg.499974/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa, Augusta</b></p><p>CE 218-224/5</p><p>AE 27, 12.71g (11h)</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane</p><p>Rev: TVRIORVM Dido (?) standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, helmsman bending left over rudder (?); to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue</p><p>Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408</p><p><br /></p><p>The vestal virgin wife:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_abf9017292a545e2bc3698d1f7512e99%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_85%252Fae43f8_abf9017292a545e2bc3698d1f7512e99%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3Daa3996bf616fea52624ba3a960ba41c7&amp;hash=8a0a46c0108b5ade84b2b411e71915d1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa</b></p><p>year 5, CE 221/2</p><p>tetradrachm, 23.5 mm, 11.57 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust right</p><p>Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right; L-E</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3025.5, R3; Geissen 2376; Dattari 4186</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting Elagabalus provincial:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/berytoselagabalusdido1-jpg.362256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/">PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus</a></b></p><p>CE 218-222</p><p>AE29, 13.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Dido building Carthage; she stands to front before the arched gate of the city, looking left, holding a rule and transverse sceptre; above the gate, a mason at work, [below, a man digging with pick]; murex shell in upper field, palm tree to right</p><p>Ref: Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; AUB 245; Price &amp; Trell 748[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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