190,00 €
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabalus (218 – 222 AD). Legate Novius Rufus. AVT M AVR ANTWNINOC; laureate draped and cuirassed bust right; / VP NOBIOV POVFOV NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICTPON; Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE23 |
| Weight [g]: | 8,60 |
| Grade: | gVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | AMNG 1937 var |
| Commentary: | great portrait, choice dark green patina |
The often ridiculed cult of the Emesene sun-god, promoted by Elagabalus, stayed popular with the army and culminated later in the cult of the Unconquered Sun (Sol Invictus).
