368, Lot: 281. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (31mm, 15.66 g, 12h). Dated CY 281 (AD 217/8). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Galley sailing left, with crew aboard; dophin to lower left. Spijkerman 84 var. (bust seen from behind, dolphin and star below galley); Sofaer 92 var. (number of rowers). Near VF, green patina.