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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3514215, member: 84744&quot;]Here&#039;s my latest acquisition that fits with the OP theme.&nbsp; To answer the OP question, I bought it for eye appeal (both the portrait and temple/stone appeal to me greatly), size &amp; weight (29mm and nearly 20g), and history: the stone of Emesa was famously brought to Rome by Elagabalus in an attempt to transform Roman religion.&nbsp; It&#039;s nice to have this one under Caracalla, whom Elagabalus claimed was his father:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]932456[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>On another subject in the thread, there are a couple possibly medallic asses posted above.&nbsp; Personally I doubt that yours is medallic, [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], due to the low weight.&nbsp; Mine is too rough to have much eye appeal, unfortunately, but I&#039;m certain it&#039;s medallic, at 30mm and 18g.&nbsp; It&#039;s also unlisted in this denomination with TR P III in RIC, although the BM has one.&nbsp; (Note that the third &quot;I&quot; is not the termination of the sceptre, which is never bent on this issue.)&nbsp; I think this lends some support to the idea Doug expressed above that these were New Years presentation pieces since Sev Alex received his tribunician powers each year in Dec. or Jan.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] I&#039;d be curious to know the weight and diameter of your Sep Sev above, and also your Geta.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]932469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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