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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2945899, member: 36818&quot;]The Syrian version of Sol, El-Gabal:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]718400[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Eastern mint, struck 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 right, bearing conical stone of Elagabalus of Emesa, on front of which, an eagle; about it, four parasols. Very rare obverse 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 obverse die. A coin in the BM collection is also die linked to the obverse of the present coin. EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Reference:</u></p><p>Trustees of the British Museum, “<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>,” Collection online (London, n.d.), (obverse die link).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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