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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 105Auction date: 19 January 2023
Lot number: 650

Lot description:


Elagabalus Æ 31mm of Caesarea ad Libanum, Phoenicia. Dated CY 530 = AD 218/9. [IMP] C M AVR ANTONINVS A[VG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL CESARIA AD LIBANV, Astarte enthroned facing, wearing calathus, holding long sceptre and globe(?), flanked by two oxen(?) standing to right; ΑΛΦ (date) in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references. 19.15g, 31mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Of the greatest rarity; seemingly the only recorded example of the type.

Estimate: 50 GBP