Description: Elagabalus (218 - 222 AD). AE Dupondius, Rome mint 220 AD. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P III COS III P P; Sol, radiate, naked but for chlamys, advancing to left, holding whip in his left hand, raising his right hand in greeting gesture; star to left, S-C across fields.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 9,88 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: RIC IV 301

Commentary: scarce; attractive brown and bronze patina, great portrait

History: The cult of sun deity, so ridiculed by his contemporaries, had ist revival 50 years later when Aurelian brought Sol Invictus back from Emesa.

Article Number: 025-05-02-44365