CNG 88, Lot: 1063. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Charachmoba. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (19mm, 6.41 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Shrine of Zeus-Dusares: cult xoanon set on altar within stone wall and approached by steps; to right, priest seated left. Meshorer, City-Coins 275; Spijkerman 5; Rosenberger 2; SNG ANS -. VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones. A very rare mint, striking coins only during the reign of Elagabalus.