EGYPT, Alexandria. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Potin Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.07 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 218/219). Laureate head right / Bust of Ammon right, with slight drapery, wearing crown of disc, horns and uraei; L B (date) across field. Köln 2309; Dattari (Savio) 4148; K&G 56.13; Emmett 2961.2 (R3). Brown surfaces with touches of green and red encrustations. VF. Very rare type for this regnal year.
From the Stein A. Evensen Collection, purchased from Beast Coins. Ex Keith Emmett Collection. Reportedly Colonel James W. Curtis Collection.