CNG 93, Lot: 800. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Hypaepa. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (31mm, 12.80 g, 6h). Aur. Charixenos and Aur. Dionysios, strategi. AVT • K • M • AVP • • ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄПI • AVP • XAPIΞЄNOV [•] KAI ΔΙΟNVCIOV • CTPA •, YΠAIΠH/NΩN in two lines in exergue, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing; to right, Elagabalus, in military attire, standing left, holding phiale over lighted altar, and scepter. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, green and red patina, light smoothing. Apparently unique.
From Group CEM.