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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 3021564, member: 36818&quot;]Happy Belated Birthday, Elagabalus! Lots of great coins here. I&#039;ll throw in a few of mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]751539[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Eastern, 218–9 CE; 18mm, 3.00g, 12h. BMCRE 307, RIC 166, RSC 21, Thirion 343. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust ri. Rx: CONSVL — II; Aequitas standing l., holding scales and cornucopia. Rare; two in Reka Devnia. Near EF/EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Michael Kelly Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]751541[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Eastern, 218–9 CE. 2.73g, 11h. BMCRE p. 573 * (citing the de Quelen sale, 1888) var (FEL)., RIC 199a var (FEL)., RSC 273a var (FEL; R). Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FELIX AVG; laureate head r. Rx: SPES BONA; Spes walking l., holding up flower and raising skirt. Very rare obv. variant of a very rare reverse type for Elagabalus bearing FELIX in the obv. legend rather than FEL; none of this rev. type in Reka Devnia. According to C. Clay, Vienna has a denarius of the SANCT DEO SOLI type from the same FELIX/Head only obv. die (see RIC 196, RSC 269 below), which is also an obv. die link with an unlisted VICTORIA type from the Samuel Puchala Collection. The present coin is a die duplicate of <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3355615&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=elagabalus+199a&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3355615&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=elagabalus+199a&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">1977,0208.1</a> in The British Museum, so may be only the second known pairing of Elagabalus’s FELIX obv. with the SPES BONA reverse. VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]751544[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Eastern, 218–9 CE. 3.24g, 12h. BMCRE 287, RIC 196, RSC 269 (Cohen, 25 Fr.). Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FELIX AVG; laureate head right. Rx: SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL in exergue; slow quadriga r., bearing conical stone of Elagabalus of Emesa, on front of which, an eagle; about it, four parasols. Very rare obv.variant showing FELIX in legend, and head only rather than bust draped and cuirassed; none in Reka Devnia. According to C. Clay, Vienna has a denarius of this type (RIC 196, RSC 269) from the same FELIX/Head only obv. die, which is also an obv. die link with both the SPES BONA (RIC 199a var., RSC 273a var.) and an unlisted VICTORIA types in the Samuel Puchala Collection. A coin in the BM collection, which is a die duplicate of the SPES BONA coin mentioned above, is also die linked to the obv. of the present coin. EF.</p><p><br /></p><p>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p>[ATTACH=full]751547[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Eastern, 218–9 CE; 3.91g. BMCRE 310–1, RIC 186, RSC 14a, Thirion 343. Obv: IMP ANTO–NINVS AVG; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r. Rx: BONVS – EVENTVS; Bonus Eventus, nude, standing l., holding patera over lighted altar in right hand and two wheat ears downwards behind him in l. hand. Rare; two in Reka Devnia. MS.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Samuel Puchala Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p>[ATTACH=full]751548[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Eastern, 218–9 CE; 21mm, 3.92g, 12h. BMCRE 307 note, RIC 167, RSC 22. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r. Rx: CONSVL – II P P; Aequitas standing l. holding scales and cornucopia. Rare; 3 in Reka Devnia. Slightly iridescent, double-struck; EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Peter Fischer Collection of Scales and Weights.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]751554[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 218 CE; 3.33g. BMCRE 6, RIC 3 (C), RSC 127. Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG; laureate and draped bust r. Rx: P M TR – P – C–OS P P; Roma seated l. on throne, holding Victory and scepter, shield at side. EF.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><i>From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</i></i></p><p><i><i>[ATTACH=full]751557[/ATTACH] </i></i></p><p><b>Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Eastern, 221 CE; 19mm, 3.36g, 6h. cf. BMCRE 253, cf. RIC 452, cf. RSC 195a, cf. Thirion 222 (all assign this type to the Rome mint, with star in field r.). Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; head laureate r. Rx: PM TR P IIII COS – III P P; Victory advancing or flying l., holding open wreath, garland, or diadem in each hand, a small shield at either side of her skirt; in field, star high l. Very rare; one in Reka Devnia, although a few examples with the emperor’s head rather than bust have been offered for sale in recent years. Nonetheless, all show star to r., and are attributed to the mint of Rome. Artistically accomplished Eastern-style portrait, with Eastern-style figure and lettering on rev. A distinguishing characteristic of Eastern-style lettering on coins of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander are the engraved guidelines extending above the cap heights and below the baselines of the typographic characters. These extensions occur most frequently on the rev., but rarely on the obv. Near VF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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