CNG 90, Lot: 1253. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Charachmoba. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (21mm, 6.69 g, 5h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; six-rayed star to right / XAP MWBA (sic), Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left. Cf. Meshorer, City Coins 276; cf. Spijkerman 1-3; SNG ANS -; cf. Rosenberger 1. VF, black-green desert patina, pit on reverse at base of Tyche. Apparently unique variety with star on obverse.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.