352, Lot: 697. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of two (2) Æ of Emisa in Syria. Includes: Æ 22mm and 24mm of Julia Domna. Bust right / Great altar of of Elgabal. Coins Fair or better, with earthen patina, reverse of both coins incised in large X pattern. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot.

The mutilation of the reverses of these coins may be dated to the time of the Roman emperor Elagabalus (or shortly thereafter), who was the high priest of Elgabal.