369, Lot: 451. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tripolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 18.06 g, 1h). Dated SE 531 (AD 219/20). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple with lighted altar of Zeus Hagios; statues of Helios and Selene in outer intercolumnations, ornate superstructure with radiate facing bust in pediment; AΛΦ (date) in exergue. Cf. Rouvier 1758; cf. SNG Copenhagen 293 (Julia Soaemias; SE 532); BMC 110-13. VF, dark green patina, a few pits.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung 225 (14 October 2014), lot 1899.