449, Lot: 380. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘ATYPICAL’ COINS, Laodicea type. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.66 g, 11h). Laureate bust right, drapery on shoulder / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crude five-pointed star between legs; Δ Є across fields. Cf. Prieur 1735. Brown surfaces. Good VF. Extremely rare, this coin was not recorded by Prieur in his book.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Richard McAlee, December 1987.