Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXV | Auction date: 11 January 2022 |
Lot number: 684 | |
Lot description: PHOENICIA, Sidon. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 10.46 g, 6h). IMP CES M Λ V ΛNTONINVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Europa, holding billowing veil and bull's horn, seated on bull leaping right; Λ and P flanking; SID COL/METRO in two lines in exergue. Rouvier 1504; AUB 237-9; BMC 229-30. Dark green-brown patina with earthen deposits. Near EF. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Group CEM (Classical Numismatic Group 93, 22 May 2013), lot 997 (where it hammered for $1900); John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts & Bank Leu, 16 May 1984), lot 850; purchased from Wayte Raymond, 1 October 1923. Estimate: 1000 USD |