138, Lot: 170. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukis & Pieria, Emisa. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 15mm (2.56 g). AVT AN[...], radiate head right / MHT [...], radiate and draped bust of Sol right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Munich -. VF, grayish-green patina with some earthen encrustation.

Attribution to Emisa, birthplace of Elagabalus, is just a guess. Not enough of the reverse legend remains to identify the city for certain, though the legends, style and type suggest that Emisa is a possibility.