329, Lot: 260. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicomedia. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (28mm, 13.64 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Emperor on horseback charging right, holding couched lance. RG –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –. Near VF, uneven green patina. Very rare.

Coins of Elagabalus from Nicomedia are all very scarce. This reverse type was later employed by Balbinus (see SNG von Aulock 7117).