318, Lot: 454. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Esbous. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (20mm, 7.47 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mên standing left, with right foot on bull’s head, holding small bust(?) and serpent–entwined scepter. Spijkerman 4 (same dies as illustration); Rosenberger 5; Sofaer 7 (same dies). VF, earthen green patina. Scarce mint issuing only for Elagabalus.