282, Lot: 167. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Sardis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Medallion (40mm, 28.78 g, 6h). Hermaphilos, magistrate. Laureate bust right wearing aegis / Four temples, each with a wreath above. Cf. BMC 171 = Burrell p. 110, type 5 = Price & Trell 490 (temples stacked in two rows, no wreaths; same obv. die); SNG München -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, brown patina. Very rare.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.