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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7873204, member: 75143"]Considering the <i>debauchery</i> that Elagabalus is said to have engaged in, in addition to his Eastern paganism, I would not be at all surprised to find that he wore a bull phallus on his head as a sign of....something...</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember that history tells us that Eazy-E would cross-dress as a woman, seduce courtiers, and frequent brothels dressed as a woman. He reportedly would whistle at soldiers, guards, and politicians within the palace and invite them to bed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, of course I have no idea if any of that is accurate, as primary sources are few and far between, but if we take this type of activity, which even the very - let's say - sexually "free" - Romans would look down upon, it would be very fair to assume some sort of extreme conduct in regards to animal fertility.</p><p><br /></p><p>if anything, the presence of this "bull organ" would no nothing but <i>reinforce</i> those relatively apocryphal legends of E's sexual preferences.</p><p><br /></p><p>To keep it coin-related...</p><p>I only have two coins of the man, but both are cool.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A lovely snake-in-the-box. I need to take a better pic.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356723[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>An awesome "dupondius" radiate of Nikopolis with Nemesis reverse. As-is, this coin is mediocre to say the least. In better grade this would definitely be a highlight.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356724[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7873204, member: 75143"]Considering the [I]debauchery[/I] that Elagabalus is said to have engaged in, in addition to his Eastern paganism, I would not be at all surprised to find that he wore a bull phallus on his head as a sign of....something... Remember that history tells us that Eazy-E would cross-dress as a woman, seduce courtiers, and frequent brothels dressed as a woman. He reportedly would whistle at soldiers, guards, and politicians within the palace and invite them to bed. Now, of course I have no idea if any of that is accurate, as primary sources are few and far between, but if we take this type of activity, which even the very - let's say - sexually "free" - Romans would look down upon, it would be very fair to assume some sort of extreme conduct in regards to animal fertility. [I][/I] if anything, the presence of this "bull organ" would no nothing but [I]reinforce[/I] those relatively apocryphal legends of E's sexual preferences. To keep it coin-related... I only have two coins of the man, but both are cool. A lovely snake-in-the-box. I need to take a better pic. [ATTACH=full]1356723[/ATTACH] An awesome "dupondius" radiate of Nikopolis with Nemesis reverse. As-is, this coin is mediocre to say the least. In better grade this would definitely be a highlight. [ATTACH=full]1356724[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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