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Denarius of Elagabalus

Denarius of Elagabalus

r. 218 - 222 CE

Elagabalus

Roman

obverse: Bust, laureate, draped, r.; reverse: Elagabalus, laureate, draped to feet, standing frontally, head l., sacrificing out of patera in r. hand over garlanded and lighted altar l., and holding club, sloped slightly up to r.; at l. shoulder, star, high l., in field

Silver

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Coins