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.