82, Lot: 62. Estimate $300. Sold for $323. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ELAGABALUS. 218-222 AD. Base AR Denarius (18mm, 2.15 gm). Antioch mint. Struck circa 218-219 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Slow quadriga right bearing conical Stone of Emesa. RIC IV 195; RSC 268. Toned VF. Rare and popular type linking the emperor to the Syrian sun god Elagabal, whose cult Elagabalus transferred to Rome.