172, Lot: 260. Estimate $150. Sold for $303. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 28.82 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 220. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Sol walking left, raising right hand and holding whip; star in left field. RIC IV 300; BMCRE 424; Cohen 156. Near VF, dark olive green patina, some smoothing in fields, flan crack.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.