One of Two Known – Cited in RIC and BMCRE

Triton XIV, Lot: 772. Estimate $7500. Sold for $30000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AV Quinarius (15mm, 3.75 g, 6h). Uncertain eastern mint. Struck circa AD 219. IMP CAES M AVR SE ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right / VICTOR ANTONINVS AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in left hand, palm frond in right. RIC IV 163D (this coin referenced); Thirion -; King 9A (same dies as illustration); Calicó 3041; BMCRE p. 588, * corr. (quinarius, not aureus; this coin referenced). Good VF. Extremely rare, one of two known, both from the same die pair (for the other see: Dreesman I [Spink 142], lot 21 = Sternberg XIX, lot 744).

From the collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Leu 36 (7 May 1985), lot 311; Ars Classica XVI (7 March 1933), lot 1954.