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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3587548, member: 19463&quot;]When shopping for an Elagabalus, consider getting one of the coins that will test your son&#039;s attribution skills.&nbsp; The formal names for Caracalla and Elagabalus were the same.&nbsp; There is enough confusion out there that I felt the need for a page where I give five rules that will help ID Imperial coins of the pair.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html</a></p><p>While most coins can be separated by the different obverse legends used by one or the other, Both issued coins inscribed ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, Caracalla used it later in his life when he was older than Elagabalus ever lived to be.&nbsp; These coins are separated by the age of the portrait.&nbsp; Details on the matter can be found on my old page:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Has your son taken the quiz at the bottom of that page?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, the matter is not as simple when dealing with Provincial coins.&nbsp; We start with the fact that Elagabalus ruled for a short time in his teen years so any coin showing a child or adult will be Caracalla.&nbsp; The ones showing teens will require more effort.&nbsp; ID for these coins can include not only the fact of who is shown but &#039;why&#039; you believe that is the case.&nbsp; Sure, you can just copy an ID from a matching coin you see online and hope it is right but learning to ID coins should be like math in grade school when you are required to &#039;show your work&#039;.&nbsp; Each of the coins below has a detail that makes it certainly a coin of one or the other. Not all coins do. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]958117[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]958118[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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