Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 3920

Price realized: 280 CHF   (Approx. 318 USD / 296 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Elagabalus, 218-222. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 23.52 g, 12 h), Rome, 220. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. Rev. P M TR P III COS III P P / S - C Sol advancing left, raising his right hand in salute and holding whip in his left; in field to left, eight-pointed star. BMC 424 corr. (bust type). Cohen 156. RIC 300. Thirion 163. Struck on a full flan and with an attractive olive green patina. Faint scratches on the obverse and with minor old scrapes and light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.


From the Jay Smith Collection of coins of Elagabalus and from the collection of Dr. E., Peus 434, 27 April 2023, 629.

Starting price: 75 CHF