Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabalus
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Description
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabalus (218 – 222 AD). Novius Rufus, magistrate. AV K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VÎ NOBIOV POVΦOY NIKOÎ OΛITΩN Î POC ICTPON; eagle standing facing with open wings and head left with wreath in beak.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE26 |
| Weight [g]: | 11,16 |
| Grade: | VF/VF |
| Attribution: | Varbanov 4006 |
| Commentary: | dark olive-grey patina with minor deposits, great details, very masculine portrait of Elagabalus, minor roughness |
Historical Context
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.
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