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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 5227270, member: 87200&quot;]Nice coin of Elagabalus. When entering Rome for the first time since being acclaimed emperor by the Roman troops stationed in Emesa, Syria (modern day Homs) he danced backward, keeping his eyes on a chariot containing the holy rock or baetyl of Emesa. Elagabal translates from the Syriac as God&#039;s mountain (Allah + Gebel in Arabic as well). He truly was one of the weirdest of emperors known to the Romans, even if his activities as high priest of the religion he followed seemed normal to the Emesans. His mother claimed that he was the son of Caracalla which granted him legitimacy, although this apocryphal claim is almost certainly untrue. Nice coin and Welcome to Cointalk [USER=115252]@Mikenwuf[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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