Elagabalus showed a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos. He replaced the traditional head of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter, with the deity Elagabalus, of whom he had been high priest. He forced leading members of Rome's government to participate in religious rites celebrating this deity, over which he personally presided.
Elagabalus was also reported to have prostituted himself in the imperial palace. His behavior estranged the Praetorian Guard, the Senate, and the common people alike.
In 222, he was assassinated and replaced by his cousin Severus Alexander.
Reverse: Athena standing half left, resting hand on shield, holding Nike holding wreath; LE
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Weight: 13 g
Reverse: eagle facing, head left, wreath in beak, star below; ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOC TO B; Δ_E
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Weight: 14.2 g
Reverse: Astarte facing seated in tetrastyle, pyramidal temple, holding scepter; IEPAC BV / BΛOV
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Weight: 13.3 g
Reverse: PM TR P II COS II PP, Roma seated left on throne, holding small Victory and sceptre, shield to lower right
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 2.9 g
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Reverse: VICTOR ANTONINI AVG, Victory walking right, holding wreath and palm branch.
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Weight: -
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Reverse: MHTPOΠΟ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ, Mt. Argaeus set upon altar inscribed ЄT Γ (year 3)
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 11.37 g
Reverse: SC, within wreath; ΔԐ above, eagle below
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Weight: 3.93 g
Reverse: Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm; VICTOR ANTONINI AVG
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Weight: 5.1 g
Reverse: Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter; star right; LIBERTAS AVG
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Weight: 2.82 g
Reverse: Elagabalus standing right, holding patera and club or cypress branch, sacrificing over lit altar, * right; SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB
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Weight: 2.75 g
Reverse: Elagabalus holding branch and offering from patera over altar, star in left field; SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG
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Weight: 3 g
Reverse: eagle facing, head right, wreath in beak; star below; ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOC TO B / Δ__E
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Weight: 10.6 g
Reverse: ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC TO B D-E, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak, star between eagle's legs
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Weight: 14.2 g
Reverse: HMAΡX EX YPATOC TO B, eagle standing right on ground line, head and tail left, wings spread, star between legs, D-E across upper fields
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Weight: 11.5 g
Reverse: lighted altar of Zeus Hagios within tetrastyle temple; on the left side Helios standing half right, rising hand; on the right side Selene standing half left rising hand, holding cornucopia; star over crescent in pediment, steps below; TΡIΠO_Λ_I_TWN / BΛΦ
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Weight: 8.1 g
Reverse: VICTORIA AVG / Victory flying left, diadem in both hands, shields to sides, star in right field
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Weight: 3.23 g
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Reverse: MARS VICTOR, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 4.44 g
Reverse: Europa on bull right seated advancing; A_P SID COL / METRO
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Weight: 11.9 g
Reverse: athlete standing left, reaching into amphora for oil; ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN NEΩKO / ΡΩN
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Weight: 3.5 g
Reverse: P M TRP IIII COS III P P - Victory flying left holding open wreath, * in right field.
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 2.9 g
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Reverse: Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; E (mark of value) to right.
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Weight: 12.05 g