CNG 84, Lot: 1098. Estimate $500. Sold for $520. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 21.30 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 221-222. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, with horn / Elagabalus standing left, holding cypress branch and patera over lighted altar to left; star to left, bull’s head to left of altar. RIC IV 350; Thirion 256; Banti 9. VF, attractive brown surfaces, minor die shift on obverse. Rare.