MYSIA, Adramyteum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (37mm, 25.92 g, 6h). Aelius Cominius Flavius Nikias, strategos. VF.

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Lot: 301. Estimated: $ 150

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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MYSIA, Adramyteum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (37mm, 25.92 g, 6h). Aelius Cominius Flavius Nikias, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Zeus standing facing, head left, holding eagle and long scepter. Stauber 222 var. (bust seen from behind); RPC VI Online 30263.1 (this coin); SNG BN 61 var. (bust). Brown patina, edge flan flaw, patina flaking. VF. Rare bust type.

Ex Pecunem/Numismatik Naumann 41 (6 March 2016), lot 452.

Stauber does not say whether the bust is seen from the back or front, but all the specimens cited are the from-behind variety. RPC separates the two varieties and this type is considerably rarer.

Closing Date and Time: 16 August 2023 at 11:40:00 ET.

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