344, Lot: 344. Estimate $75. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Petra. Elagabalus. 218-222 CE. Æ (20mm, 10.35 g, 6h). IMP C M AVR ANTONINV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PETAA CΘI (sic), Elagabalus as founder plowing right with bull and cow. Cf. Spijkerman 56; Rosenberger 35 var. (legends); cf. SNG ANS 1373-7; cf. Sofaer 54-7. Near VF, green-brown patina, natural flan hole at edge.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.