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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3616543, member: 74834&quot;]My favorite is this, the tetradrachm of Elagabalus with that most sophisticated double portrait of the Sun, looking up, and the Moon, looking modestly a bit lower. A dynamic portrait involving movement and contrast, making this a truly Baroque Roman sculpture. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]968950[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tetradrachm Elagabalus (218-222), Alexandria. Potin. Dated RY 5 (221/222). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Conjoined busts of Helios, draped and wearing radiate crown, and Selene, draped and wearing crescent-moon crown, right; L Є (date) to lower right. 22.5 mm, 12.62 gr. </p><p><br /></p><p>This one you haven&#039;t seen from me so far, a diobol of the emperor Hadrian with a bull. I like it a lot. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]968951[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrianus 117-138, Roman Egypt. Mint Alexandria. AE23, AD 133-134. Diobol. Obv.: Laureate head right. Rev.: Apis bull to the right on ground line, altar right. Date IH = 18. 23 mm, 8.78 gr. Dattari 2007.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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