Search in Feature Auction


CNG Bidding Platform

Information

Products and Services


Use Old Home Page

Feature Auction
Triton XXIV

Lot nuber 1128

Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.23 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 218-219.


Triton XXIV
Lot: 1128.
 Estimated: $ 1 000

Roman Imperial, Silver

Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.23 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 218-219. ΛNTONINVS PIVS FEL ΛVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust righl / SΛNCT DEO S OLI, ELΛGΛBΛL in exergue, slow quadriga right, bearing the sacred stone of Emesa on which is an eagle, surrounded by four parasols. RIC IV 195; Thirion 360; RSC 268; BMCRE 284-5. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 4935007-004, graded Ch XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Rare.

At the age of fourteen, Varius Avitus Bassianus (Elagabalus) inherited the office of high priest of the sun-god El-Gabal at Emesa in Syria. The cult of his sun god was represented by a sacred stone (or baetyl), and in AD 219 when he moved from Emesa to Rome, he took this stone, probably a meteorite, with him. This coin type commemorates the event.

The final winners of all Triton XXIV lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 19-20 January 2021. This lot is in Session Four, which begins 20 January 2021 at 2 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports Mozilla Firefox (version 60+) and Chrome (version 67+).