CNG 88, Lot: 715. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (26mm, 11.74 g, 12h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mountain-god Hemus seated left, head right, on rock outcropping, reclining against tree; bear and stag to right. H&J, Nikopolis 8.26.43.3 (same dies as illustration); Varbanov 3914 var. (bust type). Good VF, dark green-brown patina. Extremely rare.

From Group CEM.