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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 3121020, member: 58462&quot;]Here&#039;s the transition.&nbsp; The coin I posted earlier is a rare, initial, SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGABAL type, with the emperor sacrificing left not right, and with the star erroneously behind him rather than before him.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]794136[/ATTACH] </p><p>Note that on the obverse Elagabalus is still unbearded, confirming the early date of summer 221.</p><p><br /></p><p>We know that the star behind the emperor was wrong, because on quite a few dies of all four emperor-sacrificing types the star was eradicated from behind the emperor and re-engraved in front of him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later examples (Notice the beard) have the eradicated star:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]794137[/ATTACH] </p><p>And finally the correct star in front with no error:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]794139[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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