Denarius of Elagabalus - 1967.16

Acquisition number: 1967.16

Other images

Rev.: Elagabalus sacrificing over a lighted altar

Obv.: Bust of Elagabalus r., laureate, draped, bearded. IMP(erator) ANTONINVS PIVS AVG(ustus).

Rev.: Elagabalus standing r., togate (wearing a toga), sacrificing over lighted altar, holding patera (shallow dish for offerings) in right hand and club in left. In field, star. SACERD(os) DEI SOLIS ELAGAB(ali).

Title: Denarius of Elagabalus - 1967.16

Acquisition number: 1967.16

Author or editor: Beryl Rawson

Culture or period: Roman Imperial

Date: AD 221-222

Material: Metal - Silver

Object type: Coins - Roman

Dimensions: 19mm (w)

Origin region or location: Italy

Origin city: Rome

Display case or on loan: 7

Keywords: Coin, denarius, Roman, Imperial, Elagabalus

Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins (London, B.A. Seaby, 1967) IV 246a; Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 7542; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) IV 237 no. 131; Robertson, A. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow 5 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962-1982) III 120 no. 72 and pl. 36.

1967.16

Denarius of Elagabalus

2.786 g. AD 221-222

Obv.: Bust of Elagabalus r., laureate, draped, bearded. IMP(erator) ANTONINVS PIVS AVG(ustus).

Rev.: Elagabalus standing r., togate (wearing a toga), sacrificing over lighted altar, holding patera (shallow dish for offerings) in right hand and club in left. In field, star. SACERD(os) DEI SOLIS ELAGAB(ali).

On Elagabalus see 1966.55. He here adds the further Antonine name ‘Pius’.

On the reverse he identifies himself as ‘the priest of the Sun-god Elagabalus’.

Robertson dates the reverses with a star to AD 221-222, ‘with the growing influence of eastern religion’.

Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins (London, B.A. Seaby, 1967) IV 246a; Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 7542; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) IV 237 no. 131; Robertson, A. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow 5 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962-1982) III 120 no. 72 and pl. 36.