CNG 96, Lot: 642. Estimate $1000. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Medallion (35mm, 24.90 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Temple with thirteen columns and shield and spear in pediment, seen in perspective. Mouchmov,
Philippolis 470 var. (number of columns, positioning of spear); Varbanov 1658 (R7, same dies as illustration). VF, green and brown patina, minor smoothing, reverse die cud.