Elagabalus (218-222 AD). Sestertius; Elagabalus (218-222 AD); 218-222 AD, Rome, 222 AD, Sestertius, 23.08g. BMC-352 note (citing Cohen and Messenger Collection), C-107 corr. (Paris, 12 Fr.), RIC-361 corr. Obv: IMP [C]AES M AVR ANTONINVS [PIVS] AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r., seen from front. Rx: LI[B]ERTAS A[VG] S - C Libertas standing l. holding cap and cornucopia, star in l. field. Last issue of Elagabalus' reign, after the elimination of the "horn" from the obverse portrait. On denarii this Libertas type apparently replaced SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB c. February 222 AD (F. Dieulafait, Le trésor d'Eauze, p. 218). A rare type on sestertii; the six specimens represented in C. Clay's collection of plaster casts of Severan coinsall come from just two reverse dies. From the Curtis Clay Collection; purchased from Nilus Coins (Bill Kalmbach), April 2002.. F