Watch List notes:

Elagabalus, 218-222. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.08 g, 6 h), Rome, 221. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate head of Elagabalus to right. Rev. P M TR P IIII COS III P P Sol advancing left, raising his right hand in salute and holding whip in his left; in field to left, eight-pointed star. BMC 242. Cohen 184. RIC 40. Thirion -. A lustrous and nicely toned piece. The obverse struck from a slightly worn die, otherwise, virtually as struck.


From the collection of H. Ursprung and that of S. Pozzi, Leu 4, 25 May 2019, 685, privately purchased from Münzen & Medaillen at the 9th International Coin Fair in Basel on 2 February 1980.