★ The Rape of Persephone ★

JUDAEA, Sebaste. Elagabalus. 218-222 CE. Æ (22 mm, 10.98 g). Laureate, draped bust right / The Rape of Persephone – Hades standing slightly right, head left, in quadriga right, holding the limp body of Persephone with his right hand and the reigns of the quadriga with his left; above, Eros flying right, holding wedding torch.