Elagabalus (218-222). AR Denarius, c. 221-222 AD. RIC IV 146. AR. 3.46 g. 18.50 mm. Good VF/VF. Elagabalus was born at Emesa in 204 AD. As a child, he was elevated as the high priest of the Syro-Phoenician sun god Elagabus or Heliogabalus, and later became known by this name.