Excellent Architeectural Type

CNG 90, Lot: 1144. Estimate $400. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tripolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (28mm, 16.75 g, 1h). Dated SE 531 (AD 219/20). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple with lighted altar of Zeus Hagios; statues of Sol and Luna in outer intercolumnations, ornate superstructure with radiate facing bust in pediment; AΛΦ (date) in exergue. Cf. Rouvier 1758; cf. SNG Copenhagen 293 (Julia Soaemias; SE 532); BMC 110-13. Good VF, green and brown patina. An architectural reverse type of fine style.