Description

Elagabalus (AD 218-222). silver denarius 19mm, Rome, AD 221-222.

IMP ANTONINVS-PIVS AVG, horned, laureate, draped bust of Elagabalus right, seen from front / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus in priestly dress, standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera in right hand over lighted altar to left, branch in left hand; star in left field.

RIC IV.II 88. A deposit on the reverse showing probably buried with something iron