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A silver denarius of the emperor Elagabalus with a reverse showing the emperor sacrificing a bull 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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