6986
Item Sold At Auction #31 Lot Number: 63047
Estimate: $125.00
Final Sale Price: $126.50
Denomination: 21mm
Grade: VF green patina
Reference: Cf. SNG Copenhagen 175 (civic issue- for reverse); BMC
Phoenicia -;


  Phoenicia, Orthosia. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 21mm (8.09 gm). Radiate bust right /
  Dionysos, wearing modius, driving a biga of panthers right. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 175
  (civic issue- for reverse); BMC Phoenicia -; cf. Lindgren III 1409 (Antoninus Pius,
  similar reverse). VF, green patina, light encrustation. Rare. Estimate $125.

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