Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 826. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $195. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Cerasus. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 31mm (9.88 g, 6h). Dated CY 156 (AD 219/20). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche(?) enthroned left, holding phiale. Cf. RG 8 (for obv. type); SNG von Aulock 6771 var. (rev. type; same obv. die). Fine, dark olive patina with traces of gray overtones. Extremely rare.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.