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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 784. Estimate $1000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. 
Sold For $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 24mm (6.06 gm, 6h). AVT KA M AVP ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TAPCOV MHTPOPOLE, ciliarch crown with seven busts, EL, and KOINON monogram, AMK in center. Cf. SNG Levante 1079; cf. SNG France 1557; BMC Lycaonia -; SNG Copenhagen 374; cf. SNG von Aulock 6025. EF, choice apple green patina. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

All the examples cited have five busts and the letters GB on the ciliarch crown.