342, Lot: 629. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.77 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 221-222. Laureate, draped, and bearded bust right, wearing “horn” over forehead / Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from patera over lighted tripod and holding branch; star to left, prostrate bull behind altar. RIC IV 146 var. (without prostrate bull); Thirion 312 var. (same); RSC 276e. EF, lightly toned, lustrous.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Lanz 109 (27 May 2002), lot 674.