210, Lot: 240. Estimate $100. Sold for $159. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 25mm (10.37 g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding branch; at feet to left, river-god Orontes swimming left. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 208; BMC 56. Good VF, greenish-brown patina, irregular flan.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.