239, Lot: 276. Estimate $150. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 28mm (27mm, 14.90 g, 12h). Novius Rufus, consular legate. Struck AD 218-219. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hygeia standing right, feeding serpent held in arms, facing Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff. Hristova & Jekov 8.26.21.1; Moushmov 1380. VF, green and brown patina, slightly rough. Nice portrait.