Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1157. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, Neapolis. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 21mm (9.72 gm). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; square countermark on neck / Mt. Gerizim showing the temple in perspective, altar, stair, colonnade, roadway, and shrines in the face of the rock. Rosenberger 39; SNG ANS 1003; BMC Palestine pg. 60, 95. VF, red-brown patina. ($300)

A fine representation of the sacred mount of the Samaritans.