CNG 88, Lot: 1061. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Charachmoba. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (20mm, 6.74 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Platform with steps leading up to it, on which is a column flanked by baetyls; to right, priest seated left. Meshorer, City Coins 275; Spijkerman 5; SNG ANS -; Rosenberger 2. VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones. A very rare mint, striking coins only during the reign of Elagabalus.