Elagabalus, Rome mint, 220-222 AD.,
Denarius (18-20 mm / 2,33 g),
Obv.: IMP ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG , laureate, draped bust of Elagabalus right with short beard and small horn (of Baal ?) on forehead.
Rev.: SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG , Elagabal standing l., as priest of the sun-god Heliogabalus, wearing oriental attire, sacrificing over tripod out of patera in his r. hand; holding club (or a branch?) in his l. hand; in l. field, star.
RIC IV, II, 38, 146 / 44, 200 ; Coh. 276 ; BMC 565, 232 .
Curtis Clay 27/08/2009:
"That type was struck only at Rome. Attributions of some specimens to Antioch in RIC and BMC are mere errors."