Triton XVI, Lot: 688. Estimate $750. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Diassarion (24mm, 7.90 g, 8h). AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN NEΩKO, PΩN in exergue, prize crown, inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ and containing two palm fronds, set on ground line. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 512; Varbanov 1798. EF, attractive dark-green patina. Exceptional for issue.