173, Lot: 435. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.61 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 219. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Fides seated left, holding eagle and legionary aquila; military standard to left. RIC IV 345. VF, rough brown patina, flan crack.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.