353, Lot: 324. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Raphanea. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (22mm, 7.55 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Turreted male figure seated left, holding patera and cornucopia; eagles flanking, bull at feet to left. Cf. BMC 1 (same type for Caracalla); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; Lindgren –; CGB 13, lot 510. VF, earthen green patina. Rare city and very rare type.