121, Lot: 125. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Anazarbus. Elagabalus, with Julia Paula, his first wife. 218-222 AD. Æ 25mm (9.79 g). Struck 219-220 AD. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus facing diademed and draped bust of Paula / The river-god Pyramos reclining left, holding cornucopiae and reed, resting on overturned amphora from which water flows. SNG Levante 1437 (this coin). Near VF, dark green-brown patina.