Lot 3512

Description

Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Elagabalus (A.D. 218-222), billon tetradrachm, (12.064 grams), obv. laureate bust of Elagabalus to right, around AYT K M A ANTWNEINO C CEB, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs star, **D E* above, around **DHMARC EX UPATOC TO B, (S.3096, McAlee 758, Bellinger 42, [ANS Num. Stud. No.3], p.28, plate IV,10, Prieur 250). Good silver, very fine.

Ex Gordon Parry Collection and first from Wayne C. Phillips, Catalogue Sale 175, October 21, 1993 (lot 153) with packets.