Description: Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabalus (218 - 222 AD). Novius Rufus, magistrate. AV K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOY NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPON; eagle standing facing with open wings and head left with wreath in beak.

Diameter: AE26 mm

Weight: 11,16 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: Varbanov 4006

Commentary: dark olive-grey patina with minor deposits, great details, very masculine portrait of Elagabalus, minor roughness

History: Besides of being masochist who enjoyed beatings by his male lover, Elagabalus was also extrmely cruel killing, torturing people and enjoying the self devised spectacles ending with the death of many participants.

Article Number: 060-04-04-42384