Watch List notes:

Elagabalus, 218-222. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.35 g, 7 h), uncertain mint in the East, 219. IMP ANTONINVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. Rev. SPEI PERPETVAE Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising her skirt with her left. BMC 313. Cohen 273. RIC 199. Thirion 367. An attractively toned and sharply struck example. Very minor weakness, otherwise, virtually as struck.


From the collection of H. Ursprung, ex Naumann E-Auction 93, 6 September 2020, 501, from the collection of a 'hanseatischer Römerfreund', Künker E-Auction 60, 26 May 2020, 6258 and ex Rauch 69, 13 May 2002, 563.