Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2169

Price realized: 110 CHF   (Approx. 125 USD / 116 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus, 218-222. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 12.39 g, 12 h), Novius Rufus, legate. ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. Rev. YΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN / ΠPOC ICT Athena standing left, shield on ground behind, holding branch in right hand ; to left, serpent coiled right around olive tree. AMNG I 1921. Hristova & Jekov 8.26.4.7. SNG Copenhagen -. Varbanov 3906 (same dies). Attractive green patina. Very fine.


From the Jay Smith Collection of coins of Elagabalus, ex Solidus E-Auction 96, 22 March 2022, 1015.

Starting price: 25 CHF