CNG 96, Lot: 662. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Abila. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (30mm, 14.38 g, 12h). Dated CY 282 (AD 218/9). [A • K • M • ANT]ωNINO (retrograde), radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, raising right hand / Altar within hexastyle temple with central arch, pediment surmounted by figure of Nike holding [wreath], and two flanking towers with arched doors and windows; BΠ C (date) above pediment. Cf. Spijkerman 22 (raised right hand not noted but faint traces visible on illustration, date tentatively read as AΠC); cf. Rosenberger 20 (for a poorly preserved specimen ascribed to Geta, but possibly of the same type); Sofaer –; SNG ANS –; Shoshana –; Triton XVII, lot 763 (same obv. die). Fine, brown patina. Very rare with this bust type and retrograde obverse legend.