Elagabalus (218 – 222 A.D.)
AR Denarius, approx. 18.5 mm, 2.94 g.
Rome mint, (220-222 A.D.)
Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped bust of Elagabalus right, wearing ‘horn.’
Rev: INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing left, holding patera in right hand over lighted altar, a club or cypress in his left hand. A recumbent bull sits behind the altar, star in left field.
cf: RIC 88
VF, heavily clashed dies evident on the reverse.