Very Rare Mint

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 891. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $3050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Charachmoba. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 19mm (6.35 g, 6h). Laureate 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; SNG ANS -; Rosenberger 2. VF, dark olive green patina, a few earthen deposits. A very rare mint, striking coins only during the reign of Elagabalus.