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Coin Type: Silver denarius of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE Mint and Date: Rome, 221-222 CE. Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 2.17g Obverse: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate, draped, horned bust right. Reverse: INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG Elagabalus standing facing, head left, right hand holding a patera over a lit tripod-altar, left hand holding a club (cypress branch?). Behind the altar, the sacrificial bull lying down. Field marks: Star in left field Ref: RCV (2002) 7518, RIC IV 88 BW Ref: 014 026 043 |
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