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ANCIENT ROMAN, ELAGABALUS BRONZE FOLLIS, 218-222 AD

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Availability: 78 in stock
  • Historical Period: Roman: Provincial (100-400 AD)
  • Provenance: Roma
  • Certification: coa
  • Era: Ancient
  • KM Number: coa
  • Year: 218 AD
  • Denomination: Follis

    Description

    ELAGABALUS, BRONZE FOLLIS, 218-222 AD, ANTIOCH MInt
    Reign: Elagabalus
    Denom: Bronze Follis
    Date struck: 218-222 AD
    Weight: 11.3 grams
    Diameter: 26 mm
    Obverse: Greek legend- laureate draped bust right
    Reverse: Greek God standing left
    Elagabalus name is almost as notorious for being a perverse ruler as Nero, Caligula, Commodus & Caracalla. For one of the youngest emperor's, Elagabalus is ranked as one of the most wicked, depraved & worst emperators. His crimes & atrocities were at the top of turning over the norms of society against religious, cultural gender & Roman humanity itself...