Elagabalus. A.D. 218-222. AR antoninianus. 5.69 gm. 23 mm. Rome mint. Struck A.D. 219. His radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG / Victory advancing right, holding palm frond over shoulder and wreath; VICTOR ANTONINI AVG. RIC IV.2 155. RSC 291. Good Very Fine; nicely toned with iridescence and luster; well centered and well struck on a broad full-round flan.

Priest of the Sun-God, Elagabalus was notorious for religious fanaticism, cruelty, and bloody excesses of all kinds. In 222, he and his mother were murdered in the praetorian camp and their bodies dragged through the streets of Rome and thrown into the Tiber. (Sear, RCV)