108, Lot: 53. Estimate $300. Sold for $473. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Annia Faustina, third wife of Elagabalus. Augusta, 221 AD. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 10.60 gm). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (221 AD). Draped bust right / Elagabalus standing facing, head turned right, being crowned by Nike standing to his left. Köln 2386; Dattari 4189; Milne 2871 var.; Curtis 1024 var.; Emmett 3034. VF, some striking weakness, particularly on Annia's head and some light roughness. Very rare.

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.