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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Mints| > |Antioch| > RP65620
Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria
|Antioch|, |Elagabalus,| |16| |May| |218| |-| |11| |March| |222| |A.D.,| |Antioch,| |Seleucis| |and| |Pieria,| |Syria|, The Battle of Antioch. After Macrinus unwisely cut legionary pay, Legio III Gallica hailed Elagabalus as emperor on 16 May 218. Macrinus sent cavalry but they too joined Elagabalus. He finally abandoned his pay cut and paid a bonus, but it was too late. Legion II Parthica defected. General Gannys, the commander of Elagabalus' forces, decisively defeated Macrinus just outside Antioch on 8 June 218. Macrinus shaved off his hair and beard and fled, disguised as a member of the military police. He was recognized by a centurion at Chalcedon on the Bosporus, taken back to Antioch and executed.
RP65620. Brass as, McAlee 778(b), SNG Righetti 2004, aF, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 3.652g, maximum diameter 18.8mm, die axis 0o, 16 May 218 - 11 Mar 222 A.D.; obverse AVT K M AVP C ANTΩNINIOC CE, laureate head right; reverse S C (S reversed), Δ above, E below, all within laurel wreath closed at the top with a star; rare; SOLD











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