NGC (AU) Roman Denarius of Elagabalus (AD 218 – 222). Beautiful Higher Grade Coin (AU) Almost Uncirculated. Certified Authentic, Graded and Encapsulated by NGC. You Will Receive the Same Coin and Certificate Number Will Vary As Stock Photos Are Beautiful Higher Grade Coin (AU) Almost Uncirculated. You Will Receive the Same Coin and Certificate Number Shown in Photos. Assuming the throne at the tender age of 14, after a palace coup, Elagabalus was anything but the innocent child. Uninterested in the military or affairs of state, the young emperor made use of his imperial godhead to, as Edward Gibbon put it, abandon himself to the grossest pleasures and ungoverned fury. The stereotype of the decadent Roman orgy derives from the court of Elagabalus, also called Heliogabalus, who was assassinated at the age of 18.