Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4661525, member: 56859&quot;]These teenagers are some of my favorite coins to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalussacredstone-rt-jpg.574868/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, 19.4 mm, 3.5 gm</p><p>Antioch, 218-219 CE</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL, Quadriga right, bearing sacred Baetyl stone, flanked by four parasols</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 195</p><p><i>Vauctions 310, lot 250 (25 Sept 2014)</i></p><p><i>ex CNG Mail Bid Sale 33, lot 914 (15 March 1995)</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalussacrificing-reflectiontemplate-jpg.454952/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, Rome mint. Struck CE 221-222. 3.55 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; laureate and draped bust right, with “horn” on forehead</p><p>Rev: SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB; Elagabalus standing right, holding club and sacrificing from patera over lighted altar; star to right; faint star in left field (likely engraved and then mostly removed by grinding the field, or just incomplete before the engraver realized his mistake).</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 131; Thirion 302; RSC 246</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalus-nikopolis-athenasnaketree-jpg.627184/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus</p><p>Æ 26 mm, 12.5 gm</p><p>CE 218/9, Novius Rufus, consular legate</p><p>Obv: ...ΠΗ ANTΩNEINOC΄ laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right</p><p>Rev: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKO[ΛOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC TP]; Athena standing left before serpent coiled around olive tree to left; shield on ground behind her</p><p>Ref: Hristova &amp; Jekov 8.26.4.7 (same as last illus. Specimen); Varbanov 3906 (same dies as illus.); Moushmov 1384</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttp%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252525252Fmedia%25252525252Fae43f8_9effb1776b794e359287c5578b438245.jpg_srb_p_1000_511_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%2525252526hash%252525253D9a7900e5187cb8049c77ca56a9ca69c3%25252526hash%2525253D6cc47a2c4afe2d83419315b1485e46c6%252526hash%25253D0e258550152b9673bdad0544001a4c91%2526hash%253D9e35a23f8475f3ea183c8dc6b9c4334b%26hash%3D3d91bf1065becd918ec7ccf3d2079e8f&amp;hash=2a28408b050ad0475f6b0ff51d8568d4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus</b></p><p>AE 18 mm, 2.8 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩ NΠPOCICTPO N, Priapus standing left, drawing back his cloak to expose his phallus, bowl of fruit balanced on phallus, right hand extended pouring from patera</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3811, AMNG 2022 (I own neither of those references and cannot verify the numbers)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/berytoselagabalusdido1-jpg.362256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus</b></p><p>CE 218-222</p><p>AE29, 13.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Dido building Carthage; she stands to front before the arched gate of the city, looking left, holding a rule and transverse sceptre; above the gate, a mason at work, [below, a man digging with pick]; murex shell in upper field, palm tree to right</p><p>Ref: Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; AUB 245; Price &amp; Trell 748</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalusmarriagetet-rt-jpg.714611/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Elagabalus</b></p><p>tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.27 gm</p><p>regnal year 4</p><p>Obv: laureate head right</p><p>Rev: Elagabalus standing right and empress (Aquilia Severa) standing left, each holding scepter, clasping right hands; L ∆ across field</p><p>Ref: Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4098; K&amp;G 56.43; Emmett 2929.4 (R4)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalustelesphorus-rt-jpg.496220/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Elagabalus (218-222)</b></p><p>AE 17, 2.5 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNINOC; laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN; Telesphorus standing facing.</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 1422</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_e743d9d8f61f48489e954c0aafef75fe.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_e743d9d8f61f48489e954c0aafef75fe.jpg%2526hash%253Df65ec5893e2ea2fec9238bf6b55b1131%26hash%3D7e5db8a5d9ad04f388feba46edbccdbe&amp;hash=566fa30fa93326ef53681e78b179596d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria. Severus Alexander</p><p>year 12, CE 232/3</p><p>tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.87 gm</p><p>Obv: AKAIMAAVPCEVAΛEΞANΔPOCEV; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Alexandria standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and grain ears; palm frond to left, L IB (date) to right</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3088.12 (R4); Köln 2474 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4264; K&amp;G 62.172 var. (same)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordianiii-ostrich-hadrianopolis-rt-jpg.559812/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III</b></p><p>AE 18 mm, 2.59 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓORΔIANOC AVΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN; <b>ostrich</b> running like [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] is chasing it with a basting brush</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3833, rare</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in