273, Lot: 303. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Esbus. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (22mm, 7.02 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; star before / Mên standing left, resting foot on bull’s head, holding uncertain object and serpent-entwined scepter. Spijkerman 4 var.; Rosenberger 5 var.; SNG ANS 1285 var. Near VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits. Unrecorded without the star?

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.