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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3020506, member: 75937&quot;]Recycled favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>The last issue of an Antoninianus--a denomination introduced by Elagabalus&#039; cousin-once-removed, Caracalla, in AD 215--until reintroduced by Balbinus in the &quot;year of the six emperors,&quot; AD 238:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]750927[/ATTACH]</p><p>Elagabalus, AD 218-222</p><p>Roman AR Antoninianus; 5.17 g, 21.3 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 219</p><p>Obv: IMP ANTONINVS AVG, radiate and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: P M TR PII COSII P P, Fortuna enthroned left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae; wheel below seat</p><p>Refs: RIC 18; BMCRE 94; Cohen 148; RCV 7495.</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius (wearing a &quot;horn&quot;):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]750928[/ATTACH]</p><p>Elagabalus, AD 218-222</p><p>Roman AR Denarius; 18.3 mm, 3.20 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, with horn on top of his head, signifying divine power</p><p>REV: SACRD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB, Elagabalus, in priestly robes, standing right, sacrificing over altar and holding cypress branch, star in field, right</p><p>Refs: RIC 131; BMCRE 225; Cohen 246; RCV 7542.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provincial with grandma:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]750929[/ATTACH]</p><p>Elagabalus, Augustus AD 218-222, with grandmother, Julia Maesa, Augusta AD 218-224/5</p><p>Roman provincial Æ pentassarion, 14.55 g, 28.4 mm, 12:00</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, under Legate Julius Antonius Seleucus, AD 218-222</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΙCΑ ΑVΓ, confronted busts of Elagabalus and Maesa</p><p>Rev: VΠ ΙΟVΑ ΑΝΤ CΕΛΕVΚΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙ-ΤΩΝ, Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae; E (5) in field, right</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 674; AMNG 962; Varbanov 1620; Mionnet S. 2, 101, 273; similar to BMC 3. 36, 63.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, in the spirit of [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] &#039;s thread, a related piece of art, Aurelio Aureli and Francesco Cavalli&#039;s baroque-period opera, <i>Eliogabalo:</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]yQZUkzdgHSM[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a few paintings -- Leo Reiffenstein, <i>Ein Gastmahl des Heliogabal:</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]750932[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Simeon Solomon, <i>Heliogabalus, High Priest of the Sun:</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i>[ATTACH=full]750933[/ATTACH] </i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i>Anselm Kiefer, <i>Heliogabal:</i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i>[ATTACH=full]750937[/ATTACH] </i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p>And last, but not least, a poem -- Frank Manley&#039;s ‘Heliogabalus’:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]750952[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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