296, Lot: 197. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Caesarea Panias. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 17.55 g, 12h). Dated CY 223 (AD 219/20). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pan’s grotto: Pan playing flute within niche cut into hill with three trees; at base of hill, cave with screen in front; pedum to left, syrinx right, [CKΓ] (date) in exergue. Meshorer,
Caesarea 41; Rosenberger 47. Fine, dark grayish-brown patina, earthen deposits, minor roughness. Rare.