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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 3014063, member: 36818&quot;][ATTACH=full]747717[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Elagabalus.</b> AR denarius, Eastern, 218–9 CE; 2.99g. NFA List 28, Spring 1984 (different dies); reverse variety (horse l. rather than r.) of cf. BMCRE 309, cf. RIC 184, cf. RSC 2, cf. Thirion 340. Obv: IMP ANTO–NINVS AVG; laureate bust r., draped and cuirassed. Rx: ADVEN–T–VS AVG; emperor laureate and in military dress, cloak flying in wind from shoulders, riding on horse pacing l., raising r. hand in greeting and holding reins in l. hand. Scarce type with horse r.; 2 in Reka Devnia. Three specimens with horse l. are known to Curtis Clay, &quot;all from the same reverse die as the NFA coin: two in Vienna and one in BM (ex Dorotheum 421, 1982, lot 102). [This] ... coin appears to be the fifth known specimen, and comes from a different reverse die than the other four.” VF/EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Samuel Puchala Collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>––––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p>[ATTACH=full]748022[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Philip I (the Arab).</b> 244–9 CE. AR antoninianus, Rome mint, struck 244–7 CE; 23mm, 4.95g. RIC 26b, RSC 3. Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rx: ADVENTVS AVGG; Emperor on horseback left, with right hand raised and holding scepter. Good EF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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