Interesting Imitation Quinarius of Elagabalus

389, Lot: 708. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AV “Quinarius” (15mm, 2.73 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation. ANTONIN VS AVG, laureate head left / C O S III, Mercury standing facing, head left, holding purse and caduceus. RIC IV 163B var. (obv. legend; noted as “Barbarous style” in the rev. description) = King 1a = De Quelen 1457 (mounted; same rev. die?). Good VF. Rare and interesting.