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Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1166. Estimate $2500. 
Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. 
Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELAGABALUS. 218-222 AD. Æ Sestertius (19.07 gm, 12h). Struck 220 AD. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P III COS III P P, S C across field, Sol advancing left, cloak flowing behind, raising right hand and holding whip in left hand; star in left field. RIC IV 300; Banti 24; BMCRE 424 corr. (bust type); Cohen 156. Near EF, mottled red, olive, and brown patina. Bold, choice portrait. ($2500)

Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 100, 20 November 2000), lot 137.