206, Lot: 360. Estimate $100. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 18mm (5.93 g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / LADIC[EON], two wrestlers grappling. SNG Copenhagen 372 var. (rev. legend); cf. BMC 108. Good Fine, black patina under orange earthen deposits.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.