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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61636 | Auction date: 10 August 2026 |
| Lot number: 21208 Price realized: 85 USD (Approx. 74 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients ARABIA PETRAEA. Medaba. Elagabalus (AD 218-222). AE (16mm, 3.34 gm, 7h). NGC Choice Fine 3/5 - 3/5, repatinated. ΑΥΤ KEC-ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟ (all N retrograde), radiate head of Elagabalus right / ΜΗΔ-ΑΒωΝ, turreted Tyche enthroned facing, left foot on prow(?), grounded scepter in left hand, small bust(?) in outstretched left hand. RPC VI online temporary 9355 (this specimen). From the Eyeappealing Collection. Ex the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection (Ira & Larry Goldberg, Auction 136, 5 September 2023), lot 192; the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection (Ira & Larry Goldberg, Auction 104, 12 June 2018), lot 3150; the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection (Dmitry Markov/M&M/Ira & Larry Goldberg/ Sovereign Rarities, New York Sale XLII, 9 January 2018) lot 354. Elagabalus, the posthumous nickname for Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, was emperor at fourteen years old and died at eighteen. Despite his short tenure, rumors abound about his lifestyle as a teenage emperor. His grandmother, Julia Maesa, spread rumors that he was the son of Caracalla, a rumor supposedly confirmed by his mother, Julia Soaemias, and Cassius Dio recounts that the young ruler had four wives, including a Vestal Virgin, and male courtiers who were rumored to be his lovers. He brought the Stone of Emesa to Rome, as is featured on some issues of his coinage, which was a religiously controversial decision. When he fell out of favor, his mother and grandmother orchestrated for him to take Severus Alexander as his heir, which he unsuccessfully tried to undo. When he attempted an overreach of political violence, members of the Praetorian Guard killed Elagabalus and his mother, Julia Soaemias, and dragged their bodies through the streets. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-provincial/arabia-petraea-medaba-elagabalus-ad-218-222-ae-16mm-334-gm-7h-ngc-choice-fine-3-5-3-5-repatinated/p/61636-11012.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61636-08102026 HID02906262019 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Certification number: NGC 6828419017 |  |
