161, Lot: 259. Estimate $300. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Indian Imitation. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. AV Aureus (19mm, 4.58 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Virtus or Mars standing facing, holding spear and shield. RIC-. Fair.

The prototype for this imitative aureus could be just about anything, but the portrait most resembles that of Elagabalus.