#12) Silver denarius of Elagabalus, (A.D. 218-222).
Rome mint, A.D. 219.
RIC 100.
Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG.
Rev: LIBERALITAS AVG II - Liberalitas, standing, holding abacus and cornucopiae.
19 mm, 2.2 g.
$35

Elagabalus

Raised to be a priest of the Elagabalus (Baal) cult, Antoninus, known to history as Elagabalus, was 14 years old when he was brought to Rome by his grandmother to be emperor. His exotic Eastern influences and his flamboyant sexual escapades proved to be too much for conservative Roman society, and he was executed about the time of his eighteenth birthday.

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