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Buy or Bid Sale 212  9 Sep 2020
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Lot 216

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Elagabalus . Denarius; Elagabalus ; 218-222 AD, Rome, 222 AD, Denarius, 2.68g. BM-230, RSC-276b. Obv: Without "horn". Rx: SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG Emperor in Syrian priestly dress sacrificing l. at tripod altar and holding branch downwards, star in field l. From the Philip Ashton Collection, ex Berk 140, 27 October 2004, lot 364. Scarce issue of the last several months of Elagabalus' reign, after the "horn" had been removed from the obverse type early in 222 AD: see F. Dieulafait in the Eauze hoard report, p. 218.. MS
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