RIC IV Elagabalus 196A
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Record status
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Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Elagabalus 196A. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Elagabalus. Mint: Antioch, Syria. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Denomination
- Aureus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Antioch, Syria
- Authority
- Elagabalus
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, left
- Reverse
- Slow quadriga moving right, on which is set the conical stone of Emesa surmounted by eagle; in carriage, the stone is surrounded by four parasols
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS P F AVG
- Reverse legend
- SANCT DEO SOLI ELAGABAL
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.el.196A
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