196, Lot: 191. Estimate $100. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Rhasaena. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 22mm (6.43 g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; uncertain object in right field / Centaur advancing right, discharging bow; to left, turreted bust of Tyche facing right; two vexilla in background. Castelin 14 ; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, dark greenish-brown, almost black, patina, some earthen deposits. Typical grade for this rare issue.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.