Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1673. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ELAGABALUS. 218-222 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.11 gm, 12h). Struck 221 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elagabalus standing left, holding branch, sacrificing over altar to left. RIC IV 326 var. (horned); BMCRE 446 var. (bust from behind); Cohen 200 var. (horned). VF, brown patina with patches of red and green, two small edge splits. ($500)
From the Rudolf Berk Collection.