★ Apparently unpublished ★

PHRYGIA. Hieropolis. Elagabalus, 218-222. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 28 mm, 11.76 g, 6 h). A K M AY ANTΩB Laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, wearing aegis; before, countermark: A and figure standing left holding circular object and scepter within oval incuse. Rev. IЄΡAΠPOLЄITΩN NЄΩKORΩ-N Tyche standing front, head to left, holding patera in her right hand above altar and holding cornucopia in her left. Johnston, Hierapolis -, cf. 22 (for obverse) and 35-37 (for reverse). RPC VI online -. For countermark, Howgego 278. Apparently unpublished. Some roughness and a few scratches, otherwise, very fine.

From the Jay Smith Collection of coins of Elagabalus, Leu Web Auction 28, 9-14 December 2023, 2306 and ex Superior Galleries E-Auction II, 30 October 2022, 165.