Watch List notes:

Elagabalus, 218-222. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 2.76 g, 12 h), Rome, 220. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus to right, wearing 'horn' over forehead. Rev. INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG Elagabalus standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and club in his left; to left, altar with recumbent bull behind; in field to left, star (erased). BMC 212. Cohen 61. RIC 88. Beautifully toned. Good very fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s, and from the collection of Dr. F. Sternberg, Sternberg I, 30 November-1 December 1973, 503 (part of), (with original ticket).

The star representing the god Elegabalus was deliberately erased from the reverse die.