Description: 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: AE23 mm

Weight: 8,6 g

Grade: gVF/aVF

Attribution: AMNG 1937 var

Commentary: great portrait, choice dark green patina

History: 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).

Article Number: 004-05-07-41652