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449, Lot: 378. Estimate $100.
Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘ATYPICAL’ COINS, Laodicea type. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.32 g, 12h). Laureate bust right, drapery on shoulder / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; five-pointed star between legs; Δ C across fields. Cf. Prieur 1735. Dark brown-green patina. Good VF VF. Extremely rare, this coin was not part of the Prieur collection at the time of his book’s publication.


From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 238 (11 August 2010), lot 266.