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bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
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New year, new coins. Latest addition is a coin I got from another collector. It wasn't something I needed but it was one of the few coins that screamed "buy me". Die clash was the bonus.





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Elagabalus (218 - 222 A.D.)

AR Denarius

O.: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, from behind.

R.: PM T R P IIII COS III P P, Sol radiate, half-draped, with flying cloak, advancing left, raising right hand and holding whip; in field, star.

Rome mint, AD 220-221

20mm

3.49g

RIC IVb Elagabalus 40 (p. 31)



Reverse Die Clash

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    JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Very nice, that's a good start for the year.
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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,239 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent!!



    I'm missing Elagabalus in my collection of Severan dynasty emperors.

    The clash makes that piece very interesting.



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    NiceCurrencyNiceCurrency Posts: 885 ✭
    wow that is probably the best portrait of Elagabalus I have seen on a coin to date, awesome pick up!
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    nicholasz219nicholasz219 Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭
    Very nice, BM. I find that Elagabalus and Severus Alexander portraits/coins overall are usually pretty rough. This is a great piece and like NC said, the portrait is pretty outstanding. Nice work.



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    ZoharZohar Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very sharp portrait on a large flan. Reverse is a nice match.
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    bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Hydrant

    Nice coin. I have a question, but keep in mind, I'm a newbie, so maybe this sounds ridiculous but here goes. Is that coin uncirculated? The reason I ask is because it seems logical, to me at least, that if the coin had circulated then that piece that sticks out at 10 o'clock on the obverse would have broken off. On the reverse it appears to be cracking off already and just hanging by a thread. Also, if that sort of thing is common on ancient coins, did people break pieces off of coins, back in ancient times, in order to store up a personal stash of silver?






    It's pretty much uncirculated. Probably lost/buried not long after it was made. But the flan I call a "hang nail", it's typical on many ancient coins. Just how they were hammered.



    They also go by ragged flans.



    As for taking off pieces, they did in later roman coinage, don't think so this era though.



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    HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
    That's a stunner. I lie the large planchet. Congrats.
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Elagabalus, like SevAlex and Caracalla, often seem to come quite nice, but the strike on that one is awesome. Interesting flan, too.



    That's gotta be at least AU. Wouldn't have noticed the die clash at first. Neat!

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