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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8235435, member: 19463&quot;]While I agree with DonnaML and fail to understand how Hilaritas is &#039;special&#039; for Elagabalus, I am very much of the opinion that it is great to consider some types &#039;better&#039; as a fit for some rulers.&nbsp; For Elagabalus, most of us probably would consider the one pointing out his association with his god of choice naming &#039;ELAGAB&#039; on the reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448592[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course any coin with the &#039;horned&#039; portrait is a step up.&nbsp; The top choice for Elagabalus is one of the coins showing the meteorite with or without its chariot.&nbsp; Who can forget this one?</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalusdiorama10-jpg.363413/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is it sad I posted the potato rather than TIF&#039;s nice denarius or Ancient Joe&#039;s aureus?&nbsp; Is this a sign that CT is not a serious venue? </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That was my first thought when I read the post.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding Fecunditas:&nbsp; Does it seem that Fecunditas favors production of too many children including children that might have better served Rome had they never been born?&nbsp; There is a Fecunditas for Julia Maesa, grandmother to Elagabalus without whose fertility this thread would not have been required.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448604[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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