Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 846. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Ascalon. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 27mm (18.39 g, 12h). Dated CY 321 (218 CE). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Phanebal standing left, raising hand and holding shield and palm fronds; to left, thunderbolt; AKT (date) in legend. SNG ANS -; Rosenberger 212; BMC 242; Meshorer, City-Coins 48 (same dies). Good VF, green patina, a few cleaning marks in fields. Very rare and heavier than the BM specimen.