RS85648. Silver denarius, RIC IV 46, RSC III 196; BMCRE p. 569, 256; Hunter II 67; SRCV II 7536, aEF, attractive portrait, light toning, luster in recesses, reverse slightly off center on a tight flan, Rome mint, weight 3.589g, maximum diameter 19.0mm, die axis 180
o, 221 A.D.; obverse IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and horned bust right, from the front; reverse P M TR P IIII COS III P P (High priest, holder of tribunitian power four years, consul three times, father of the country), Elagabalus standing slightly left, head left, wearing Syrian priest garb, sacrificing from patera in right hand over lit altar at feet on left, holding club or cypress branch in left hand, star in upper left field;
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