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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3020444, member: 57495&quot;]This Elagabalus denarius arrived a couple of weeks ago, but I only managed to take a satisfactory pic of it yesterday.&nbsp; I thought it would make for a good post today seeing as it&#039;s our favorite flamboyant teen emperor&#039;s death anniversary.&nbsp; On 11 March 222, at the age of eighteen, Elagabalus was assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, and just like that, Rome became a much less interesting city.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your coins of Elagabalus!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]750909[/ATTACH]<b>ELAGABALUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.38g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, AD 218-222. RIC 56. O: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing left, emptying cornucopia; to right, star.</p><p><br /></p><p>And in keeping with my coin reverse&#039;s theme of abundance...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]750911[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>The Roses of Heliogabalus</i> by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1888).&nbsp; A scene inspired by a tale told in <i>Historia Augusta</i>, where Elagabalus has a storm of flowers descend upon his banquet guests, smothering some of them to death.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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