Roman Gold, Elagabal, 218-222 CE, 19,500 Euros

Roman Gold, Elagabal, 218-222 CE, 19,500 Euros

If the accounts of his contemporary Cassius Dio can be trusted, he was reviled by virtually all elements of Roman society, leading to his assassination at age 18 with his corpse thrown into the Tiber. His crimes-disregard for Roman religious traditions, forcing the worship of his sun god, extreme sexual debauchery,

overall incompetence.

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