CNG 93, Lot: 976. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (31mm, 19.14 g, 1h). AVT CΛES M ΛV[R ANTONINVS(?)] CEB (sic), laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / COL IOΛ D C METROPOLEO[S], • IIII PRO in exergue, the Stone of Emesa, decorated with eagle and with star above, in quadriga facing, two parasols on either side of stone; Δ Є across field. Meyer, pl. 18, B; cf. SNG München 939 (for obv. die). VF, brown and green patina, some small piting on obverse. The second one known and the only one not in a public collection.

From Goup CEM.