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Denarius - Elagabalus INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG Barbarous imitation
| Uitgever | Uncertain barbarous city |
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| Jaar | 218-222 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Laureate, horned, and draped bust of Elagabalus facing right, the emperor portrayed as a youthful figure with distinctive curled hair beneath a laurel wreath fitted with horns, indicative of his solar priestly role. The bust is rendered in a crude, provincial style characteristic of a barbarous imitation, with simplified facial features and summary drapery at the truncation. A beaded border frames the design. The surrounding field bears a partially legible Latin legend, clumsily engraved in imitation of official imperial coinage. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Elagabalus depicted standing facing, head turned to the left, holding a patera in his right hand and a club in his left; behind an altar lies a recumbent bull, a reference to the emperor's role as high priest of the sun god Elagabal. A star or comet appears in the left field, symbolising divine favour or celestial omen. The overall execution is coarse and schematic, consistent with a barbarous imitation struck outside official Roman mint control. A beaded border surrounds the composition, and the reverse legend, though clumsily rendered, imitates the official INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG type. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Barbarous imitations of Elagabalus denarii circulated widely in the western provinces during and after his reign, produced by unofficial mints responding to chronic shortages of small silver coinage. This example is struck in bronze rather than silver — not a debasement of a genuine issue, but a local substitution that tells you the imitating community needed the denomination more than it needed the metal. The RSC 61 type was among the more frequently copied, likely because it circulated in quantity and provided a ready model.