Rare Edessa Type

254, Lot: 219. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (21mm, 6.38 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and eagle-tipped scepter over shoulder / Confronted busts of two Tyches, each turreted, veiled, and draped; below, square baetyl within shrine. Babelon, Edessa group 2, 51; BMC 69071 var. (rev. legend). VF, dark green patina. Rare.