Elagabalus, his laureate, bearded and draped bust right.
Elagabalus, standing right, holding club,
sacrificing from a patera over lighted altar. A star in the right field.
Legend = the priest of the sun god baal;
Refers to his role as priest of the syrian cult of Baal.
Reference:
Mattingly, Sydenham, & Sutherland, "Roman Imperial Coinage", Volume 4, Part 2 (RIC), p37, nr. 131, no horn (Plate 2, nr. 18)
Sear, D.R., "Roman Coins and their Values" (RCV Millennium Edition), Vol. 2, p606, nr. 7542, variety with club instead of branch.
Sear, D.R., "Roman Coins and their Values" (RCV 4th Revised Edition), p213, nr. 2114
Cohen, H, "Descriptions Historique des Monnaies frappees sous l'Empire Romain" (C), Volume 4, p347, nr. 246
Seaby, H.A. & Sear, D.R., "Roman Silver Coins" (RSC), Vol. 3, p119, nr. 246a
Mattingly, Carson & Hill, "Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum", Volume 5 (BMC), p564, nr. 225 (↓ die axis)
Van Meter, D., "Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins", p208, nr. 56.
Suarez, R., "Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins" (ERIC), p215, nr.74 variation of T22 (B06, O07, R64, T22, M2)
Quality: obverse - about Very Fine / reverse - Fine