Roman Empire Elagabalus - Augustus 218-222 AD Ch VF
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Laureate, draped bust right.
PM TR P IIII COS III PP
Victory standing left, holding opened wreath.
Weight: 2.47 gr
Diameter: 18 mm
Elagabalus or Heliogabalus was Roman emperor from 218 to 222. A member of the Severan dynasty, he was the second son of Julia Soaemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus. In his early youth he served the god Elagabalus as a priest in Emesa, Syria, the hometown of his mother's family, the Arab priest-king Emesan dynasty