We picked up one similar to this from a local coin dealer last month, though ours is in a little better condition. We picked up a Phillip the Arab denarius while we were there as well. My ten year old son is learning the fine art of negotiating - he got almost twenty percent off the pair.
Elagabalus had a hard time of it. While he was trying to figure out whether he liked girls or boys, his granny fomented a plot to have him assassinated in favor of another grandson, Severus Alexander. Thems the breaks. Ettu, Granny? More about Elagabalus here.
Legend from Wildwinds.
Elagabalus Denarius. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped bust right / P M TRP IIII COS III P P, Victory flying left holding open wreath, star in field right. RSC 195.
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