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Auction 20  10 Jul 2020
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Lot 346

Estimate: 20 000 CHF
Price realized: 15 000 CHF
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Elagabalus, 218-222. Aureus (Gold, 20.5 mm, 6.36 g, 12 h), Rome, 219. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right. Rev. P M TR P II COS II P P / LIB AVG II Elagabalus togate, seated left on a platform, holding scepter in his left hand and extending his right arm to left; standing left before him on the platform, Libertas holding abacus and cornucopia; below left, togate citizen moving to right, up the steps to the platform. Biaggi 1286 var. BMC -, but cf. p. 546 top and pl. 87, 3 (same reverse die). Cohen -. Calicó 3000 (same dies). RIC 9c. Extremely rare, clear, well-struck and well-centered with an interesting reverse. Extremely fine.

Ex Nomos 18, 5 May 2019, 319 and from a European collection formed in the 1950-60s .Struck from the same reverse die as LHS 95, 2005, 834. This coin was struck to commemorate the donative made by Elagabalus when he first arrived in Rome.
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