Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (26mm, 7.17 g, 12h). Labor of Herakles type. Nicaea (Bithynia) mint.Triton XXIII – Session Three – Roman Imperial Coinage Part II through World Coinage Part I Roman Imperial, Bronze Sold For $ 600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (26mm, 7.17 g, 12h). Labor of Herakles type. Nicaea (Bithynia) mint. M ·AVPH ·ANT ΩNINOC AV[Γ], laureate head right / [N]IKA E Ω N, Hercules and the Cretan Bull – Hercules standing facing, head right, wearing lion skin, grasping the head of the Cretan bull, running right, with both hands and jerking its head backward. Voegtli 4m; Weiser, Nikaia –; RG 562. Glossy green and red patina. Near EF. |