Leu Numismatik AG
Auction 12 15 May 2022
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Elagabalus, 218-222. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 28 mm, 19.12 g, 12 h), Rome, 220. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. Rev. P M TR P III COS III P P / S - C Sol advancing left, raising his right hand in salute and holding whip in his left; in field to left, six-pointed star. BMC 424 corr. (bust type). Cohen 156. RIC 300. Thirion 163. An unusually well preserved example with a lovely portrait and an excellent pedigree. Minor smoothing, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the collections of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang and Dr. Klaus Berthold, Künker 318, 11 March 2019, 1470, ex Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, 1166, Künker 89, 8 March 2004, 2421, Lanz 114, 26 May 2003, 545, from the collection of Leo Benz, Lanz 100, 20 November 2000, 137, ex Leu 2, 25 April 1972, 430 and Hess-Leu 28, 5-6 May 1965, 468.
From the collections of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang and Dr. Klaus Berthold, Künker 318, 11 March 2019, 1470, ex Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, 1166, Künker 89, 8 March 2004, 2421, Lanz 114, 26 May 2003, 545, from the collection of Leo Benz, Lanz 100, 20 November 2000, 137, ex Leu 2, 25 April 1972, 430 and Hess-Leu 28, 5-6 May 1965, 468.