251, Lot: 332. Estimate $300. Sold for $715. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.83 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 222. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, with “horn” at forehead / Emperor standing left, sacrificing from patera over lighted and garlanded altar and holding club; star in left field, bull lying at base of altar. RIC IV 350. VF, reddish-brown patina, small edge split at 3 h. Rare with “horn”.