Sale: Nomos 9, Lot: 277. Estimate CHF450.  Closing Date: Monday, 20 October 2014.  Sold For CHF360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Philippopolis, Thrace. Elagabalus, 218-222. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 28mm, 17.40 g 6). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC Laureat, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right. Rev. ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩC / ΝΕΩ ΚΟ - Ρ - Ο -Υ Apollo, nude, standing facing, his head turned to the right; he holds his right hand on the top of his head, and rests his left on a lyre placed on a serpent entwined tripod to right. Varbanov 1702. With a dark blackish-green patina. Some traces of cleaning. Nearly extremely fine.