Sestertius: interesting for showing Elagabalus' first dated titulature,
PONTIF MAX TR P, which was then followed, in connection with the same
Roma seated
rev. type, by
P M TR P COS P P and then, in 219,
PONTIF MAX TR P II
COS II P P.
The
obv. die seems to be new to my casts, which is however not saying a lot, since I only have casts for
Elagabalus from about five important
collections, so only a small sample of the total surviving material.
As:
rev. P M TR P III
COS III P P of 220, so
RIC 311. This As
comes both without and with
star in
field, this die is without, I have casts of a
fine specimen from the same dies in Klosterneuberg,
Austria.
I'm surprised the BM didn't keep this coin, since as far as I know they don't have it. Maybe they misread the tribunician number (they have TR P V), or they thought it was too corroded to retain?