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Elagabalus (AD 218-222). AV aureus (21mm, 6.59 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Rome, AD 220-222. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right, seen from behind / C-ONSERVATOR AVG, slow quadriga left, drawing car carrying conical stone of Emesa or El-Gabal, decorated with eagle; star above. RIC IV.II 61. Calicó 2988a (same dies). Mazzini 18 (this coin illustrated). Mellow flan with subdued luster.
From the Monaco Collection. Ex Continental Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 806; Vecchi, Sale 4 (5 December 1996), lot 283; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection; Sir John Evans Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 26 May 1909), lot 225
"Elagabalus" is the name of the Syrian solar deity worshipped in Emesa, the city from which the female side of the Severan dynasty derived. The god was embodied in a black conical stone, probably a meteorite, kept within an elaborate temple. The emperor now commonly called Elagabalus started out life as Varius Avitus Bassianus, the grandson of Julia Maesa, sister to the Empress Julia Domna. After assuming the purple, he took the name Antoninus Pius in imitation of his maternal uncle (now commonly called Caracalla). As a priest of Elagabalus, after winning the throne, he ordered the Stone of Emesa brought to Rome in a special chariot, paraded in procession with priests and acolytes the entire way from Syria.
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Estimate: 15000-20000 USD
Elagabalus (AD 218-222). AV aureus (21mm, 6.59 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Rome, AD 220-222. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right, seen from behind / C-ONSERVATOR AVG, slow quadriga left, drawing car carrying conical stone of Emesa or El-Gabal, decorated with eagle; star above. RIC IV.II 61. Calicó 2988a (same dies). Mazzini 18 (this coin illustrated). Mellow flan with subdued luster.
From the Monaco Collection. Ex Continental Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 806; Vecchi, Sale 4 (5 December 1996), lot 283; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection; Sir John Evans Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 26 May 1909), lot 225
"Elagabalus" is the name of the Syrian solar deity worshipped in Emesa, the city from which the female side of the Severan dynasty derived. The god was embodied in a black conical stone, probably a meteorite, kept within an elaborate temple. The emperor now commonly called Elagabalus started out life as Varius Avitus Bassianus, the grandson of Julia Maesa, sister to the Empress Julia Domna. After assuming the purple, he took the name Antoninus Pius in imitation of his maternal uncle (now commonly called Caracalla). As a priest of Elagabalus, after winning the throne, he ordered the Stone of Emesa brought to Rome in a special chariot, paraded in procession with priests and acolytes the entire way from Syria.
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HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 15000-20000 USD