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Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Denarius, 2.89g (6h). Rome, 220-1 AD. Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Bust laureate, draped right. Rx: LIBERTAS AVG Libertas standing left holding cap and scepter, star combined with globe in field right. BM 220. Cohen 92. RIC 107. Exceptional quality. Mint State
The star in field on Elagabalus' coins was certainly intended to represent the sun, specifically the emperor's sun god. The addition of a globe to the star on this and some other coins was probably meant to indicate this fact: this heavenly body had perceptible breadth and was not a mere point of light like an ordinary star
The star in field on Elagabalus' coins was certainly intended to represent the sun, specifically the emperor's sun god. The addition of a globe to the star on this and some other coins was probably meant to indicate this fact: this heavenly body had perceptible breadth and was not a mere point of light like an ordinary star