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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8248568, member: 84744&quot;]Thanks for the kind words... I still think I don&#039;t deserve this coin!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most definitely.&nbsp; Julia Maesa in particular was anxious to get the worship of El-gabal out of the public eye and restore the usual Roman pantheon.&nbsp; It even took quite a while before Sev Alex represented Sol on his coins, so careful were they to expunge the taint.&nbsp; The earliest representation of Sol came in 229, and those coins are rare.&nbsp; So the Sun didn&#039;t make a substantial reappearance on SA&#039;s coins until 8 years after the death of Elagabalus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my earliest, from 231 (TR P X):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452788[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure you know this, but for the benefit of others: different cart, different stone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the Stone of Emesa under Caracalla, in its proper place, the temple of El-gabal in Emesa:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452806[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Was Caracalla Elagabalus&#039;s father, as rumoured?&nbsp; Almost certainly not - probably just propaganda, as Caracalla was very popular with the army.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I just had an encouraging conversation with the drug access coordinator at the cancer centre... the chances of getting access to burosumab are going up!&nbsp; So the coin is already bringing me luck. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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