Gemini III, January 9th, 2007
Lot # 427 - Available at opening bid of US$800 + 15% Buyers Fee 

Elagabalus (218-222 AD). Silver denarius (2.56 gm). Eastern mint, 
c. 219 AD. ANTONINVS P FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust 
right / T P II P P COS II, Elagabalus, holding branch and 
eagle-tipped scepter, in quadriga of horses left. Lanz Munich 76, 
1996, 672 (same obv. die). Legend variant of BMCRE 306, Cohen 285 
(citing BM, 100 Fr.) and RIC 175 (R2). Second recorded specimen of 
this variety, only about six specimens known for the whole type. 
About extremely fine. 

This is the most valuable denarius of Elagabalus 
according to Cohen and commemorates the inauguration of the 
emperor’s second consulship on 1 January 219 AD. Our coin is a 
legend variant of BMCRE 306 on both sides: it has P rather than 
PIVS in the obverse legend, and T P, not TR P, in the reverse legend. The obverse legend ANTONINVS P FEL AVG occurs only on 
this one die at Elagabalus’ eastern mint; it is a very rare 
variant of the normal legend ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG. 

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  ... Lot 427 was unsold.
 
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