Roman Coin Emperor Elagabalus

Roman Coin

Dug in Germany

Elagabalus

218 - 222 AD

Ob: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG

Laureate draped bust right

Re: VICTORIA AVG

Victory flying left, diadem in both hands, shields to the sides, star in right or left fields.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus 

(204-222 AD)

Elagabalus (aka Heliogabalus) was Roman emperor from 218 to 222 as a teenager. his short reign was notorious for sex scandals and religious controversy. A close relative to the Severan dynasty, he came from a prominent Arab family in Emesa, Syria where since his early youth he served as head priest of the sun god Elagabal.