Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Æ 27mm (10.60 g). Novius Rufus, consular legate.

AVT K M AVR ANTONEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
VP NOBIOU ROUFOU NIKOPOLEITWN PROC ICTRO, Athena seated left 
holding spear, shield at side, feeding serpent entwined 
around short olive tree. 

Varbanov (Engl) 3928.

CNG Auction 174, lot 93.
Estimate $100. Sold for $74 + buyer’s fee.

VF, dark grayish-green patina, some smoothing.

Used with permission of CNG coins, www.cngcoins.com, Jun, 2010