'ATYPICAL' COINS, Laodicea type. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.52 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crude seven-pointed star between legs; Δ Є across fields. Cf. Prieur 1735. Brown surfaces. Good VF. Extremely rare, this coin was not part of the Prieur collection at the time of his book's publication.
From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Richard McAlee, 2000.