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Buy or Bid Sale 212  9 Sep 2020
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Lot 215

Starting price: 120 USD
Price realized: 185 USD
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Elagabalus . Denarius; Elagabalus ; 218-222 AD, Rome, 221 AD, Denarius, 3.34g. Eauze Hoard-350 (5 spec.), rev. var. of BM-256, C-196, and RIC-46. Obv: Bust r. with "horn", sideburns, but no beard on chin. Rx: P M TR P II - II COS III P P Elagabalus in Syrian priestly dress holding branch and sacrificing l. at altar; star in field l. with five short rays and a longer sixth ray at top, eradicated star in field r. One of the interesting early reverse dies of this type on which the star was moved from behind the emperor to in front of him, apparently because it was meant to represent the god Elagabalus to whom he was sacrificing.. MS
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