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Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Silver Denarius (3.03 g). Antioch, AD 218/9. ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate head of Elagabalus right. Reverse: SANCT DEO SOLI around, ELAGABAL in exergue, the Holy Stone (baetyl) of Emesa upon which is an eagle, flanked by four parasols, on triumphal car drawn by four horses right. Cf. RIC 195 (bust); cf. Thirion 358a-60 (same); cf. BMC 284-6 (same); cf. RSC 268-268a (same). Rare and historic. Well-struck on a full-sized flan. Lightly toned. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP
Born in AD 205, Varius Avitus Bassianus, grandson of Julia Maesa and nephew of the empress Julia Domna, was appointed High Priest of Baal of Emesa in his boyhood. In 218 he was proclaimed emperor by the legions stationed in Syria. This uprising ended with the assassination of Macrinus and Diadumenian. Elagabalus left for Rome taking with him the cult statue of Baal, the Holy Stone of Emesa. In Rome, he made Sol Heliogabalus the first god of the Roman pantheon. The cult statue had its home in the Eliogabalium on the Palatine. The reign of Elagabalus was characterized by his religious fanaticism and other eccentricities which eventually led to his assassination by the Pretorians in AD 222.
Ex Richard McAlee Coll. Vauctions 275 (Gitbud & Naumann, 5 Jan. 2012, #440; CNG Triton XXIV, 1127.