Object numberCC59.2.0710
denarius, Roman Empire, Elagabalus, 220 CE
Date220 CE
Emperor
Elagabalus
CultureItalian
MediumSilver
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 1.84 cm, 2.54 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
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Not on viewPeriodRoman Empire
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Bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped r., seen from back.
IMPERATOR ANTONINUS PIUS AUGUSTUS
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus
Sol, radiate, naked except for cloak over shoulders, chest, and l. arm, standing front, head l., raising r. hand in blessing and holding whip up, by l. shoulder, in l.
PONTIFEX MAXIMUS TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE III CONSUL III PATER PATRIAE
P M TR P III COS III P P
Pontifex maximus, with tribunician power for the 3rd time, consul for the 3rd time, father of the fatherland.
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Marcus Aurelius and L. Verus
168-169 CE
Culture: Roman
