Triton XX, Lot: 807. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AR Denarius (20mm, 2.98 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 221. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, wearing “horn” / P M TR P IIII COS III P P, Elagabalus standing left, holding club in left hand, sacrificing from patera held in right hand over lighted altar; star to left. RIC IV 46; Thirion 180; RSC 196. Superb EF, toned. Sharp strike.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 401986 (April 2016).