Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 698. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Charachmoba. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 19mm (5.43 g, 6h). Radiate head right / Shrine of Zeus-Dusares: cult xoanon set on altar within stone wall and approached by steps; to right, priest seated left. Meshorer, City-Coins 275; Spijkerman 5. VF, black patina with earthen overtones. A very rare mint, striking coins only during the reign of Elagabalus.