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Elagabalus Emperor Sacrificing Coin Type: Silver denarius of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 221-222 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 2.2g
Obverse: Laureate, draped, horned bust right.
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Reverse: Elagabalus standing facing, head left, right hand holding patera over lit tripod, left hand holding club (cypress branch?). Behind tripod, bull lying down.
INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG
Field marks: Star in l. field
Ref: RCV (2002) 7537, RIC IV-II-88-C
BW Ref: 014 026 043
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