273, Lot: 157. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (20mm, 7.80 g, 6h). Dated CY 285 (AD 221/2). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right / Laureate head of Hercules-Melqart right, lion’s skin tied at neck; EΠC (date) in legend. Spijkerman 81; cf. Rosenberger 86 (dated CY 281). Near VF, dark green patina, light earthen tan overlay.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.