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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3940212, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coin.&nbsp; These Elagabalus imperial AEs do seem to be scarce.&nbsp; I lucked into an as a while back - not pretty, but I&#039;m glad to have it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038675[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Elagabalus Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 219-220 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped bust right / ADVENTVS AVGVSTI, SC below, emperor on horseback left, holding baton.</p><p>RIC 341; Cohen 7; BMC 365.</p><p>(11.75 grams / 25 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a sestertius featuring Elagabalus&#039; grandma Julia Maesa, the power behind the throne, at least for a while:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038676[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Julia Maesa&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(Grandmother of Elagabalus)</b></p><p><b>(218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IVLIA MAESA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated right, holding scepter and drawing veil; S C in exergue.</p><p>RIC 420 (Elagabalus); Banti 8.</p><p>(16.64 grams / 29 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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