Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1545. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Sestertius (22.87 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 219. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter; star in left field. RIC IV 358 var. (draped); Thirion 290-291 var. (same); Banti 17 var. (same). VF, dark brown patina, rough with areas of fill. Very rare. Unrecorded bust type for this issue.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Friedrich Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 2 April 1995), lot 1720.