CNG 88, Lot: 1065. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARABIA, Charachmoba. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (21mm, 6.91 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; legend retrograde. Meshorer,
City-Coins 276 var. (rev. legend break; not retrograde; same obv. die); Spijkerman 2; SNG ANS -; Rosenberger 1 var. (same). VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones. A very rare mint, striking coins only during the reign of Elagabalus.