Elagabal
Rome 218-222 CE
AR Denarius 18mm, 2,67g
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, wearing horn /
INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and club in his left; to left, altar with recumbent bull behind; in field to left, star.
BMC 212; Cohen 61; RIC 88
Kilikia, Tarsos
Elagabalus. 218-222 CE
AE Diassarion 7.16g, 25mm
Obv.: AVT KA M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; below, star.
Rev.: TAPCOY MHTPO, Apollo Lykeios standing facing on omphalos, holding a wolf by the forepaw in each hand; to left and right, stars.
SNG Levante 1082; SNG Paris 1559
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum
Elagabalus 218-222 CE
Æ 26mm, 13,11g
struck under governor Novius Rufus
Obv.: AVT K M AVPH – ANTΩNEINOC
Laureate head r.
Rev.: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTP
in l. and r. field O – N
Herakles, bearded, nude, stg. frontal, head l., resting with r.. hand on club, lion’s
skin over l. arm, holding l. hand at hip
Ref.: a) AMNG I/1, 1947 b) not in Varbanov c) Histova/Hoeft/Jekov (2023) 8.6.14.7
Birth of Elagabalus to Julia Soaemias and Sextus VariusMarcellus.
Death of the husband of Julia Soaemias and the father of Elagabalus.
April 11
Macrinus is proclaimed emperor and exiles Julia Maesa, her daughters Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea, and her grandson Elagabalus.
April
Julia Maesa deliberately spreads a rumor that her grandson Elagabalus is the son of Caracalla after an illicit relationship between Caracalla and his mother Julia Soaemias.
May 16
Elagabalus is declared emperor by the legion in Emesa.
June
Elagabalus is made consul.
July 14
Elagabalus inducted into the College of Pontiffs.
Julia Maesa arranges for her grandson Elagabalus to marry Julia Paula.
August
Elagabalus finally enters Rome.
June
Elagabalus divorces Julia Paula in order to marry Aquilia Severa.
July
Marriage of Aquilia Severa to Elagabalus. The marriage is highly controversial because she is a vestal virgin.
December
Elagabalus installs Elagabal as the chief deity of Rome.
February
Elagabalus divorces Aquilia Severa and marries Annia Faustina.
March
Elagabalus marries Aquilia Severa again.
March 11
Elagabalus and his mother Julia Soaemias are assassinated by the Praetorian Guard in Rome. Following Elagabalus’s death, Aquilia Severa disappears from the historical record. Severus Alexander becomes Emperor, while Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea remain very powerful.