7108
Sold At Auction #32 Lot Number: 63270
Estimate: $100.00 Final Sale Price: $77.00
Denomination: 26mm
Grade: VF dark green patina with earthen highlights
Reference: SNG Copenhagen 385 var.; BMC Galatia, etc. pg. 267, 3 var.

  Syria, Seleukis and Pieria. Raphanea. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 26mm (10.62 gm).
  Struck year 532 (220/221 AD). Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Turreted
  genius standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae and patera; two eagles
  flanking him and bull standing behind. SNG Copenhagen 385 var. (no date); BMC
  Galatia, etc. pg. 267, 3 var. (same); Lindgren III A1209A (this coin). VF, patially
  weak strike, dark green patina with earthen highlights, mild porosity. Rare variety,
  the only known dated example. Estimate $100.