101 / 128
99
and 3326). This coin was mistakenly interpreted as
a tetradrachm by its previous owner, but its char-
acteristics are certainly those of a diobol: beveled
edge, thinner and lighter flan than those used for
tetradrachms, no trace of silver in the metal, types
struck from slightly smaller dies. VG
$300
416.
Lot of three billon tetradrachms of Elagabalus,
all ex Dattari.
(1) Year 1 = 218 AD, 12.30g.
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Elagabalus
right / Draped bust of Sarapis right, with kalathos
on head. Dattari-Savio pl. 225, 4136 (this coin).
Emmett 2952/1 (R5, citing our Dattari coin).
Tetradrachms of Elagabalus’ Year 1 (this and the
next coin) are very rare. (2) Year 1 = 218 AD,
13.82g. Head laureate right / Dikaiosyne standing
left holding scales and cornucopia. Dattari-Savio pl.
224, 4813 (this coin). Emmett 2919/1 (R5, citing
our Dattari coin). (3) Year 5 = 221/2 AD, 11.52g.
Bust of Elagabalus laureate, cuirassed right, seen
from front, with fold of cloak on front shoulder /
Helmeted bust of Athena right. Dattari-Savio pl.
224, 4105 (this coin). Unusual imperial bust type,
though the reverse type, according to Emmett
2914/5, is not rare. Two VF, one Fine
$300
417.
Lot of four billon tetradrachms of Severus
Alexander, including two ex Dattari.
(1) Severus
Alexander as Caesar, Year [5] = 221/2 AD, 10.29g.
Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Nilus
reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from
which a genius emerges to crown him; at his feet
Nilometer, on which another genius is recording the
height of the Nile flood; the shoulders and heads
of four more genii are seen above Nilus’ legs and
chest. Cologne 2397. Emmett 3080/5 (R2). (2)
Severus Alexander as Augustus, Year 11 = 231/2
AD, 12.20g. Bust of Alexander laureate, draped,
cuirassed right, lightly bearded / Bust of Sarapis
right, with kalathos on head; palm branch in right
field. Cologne 2471. Dattari-Savio pl. 234, 9950
(this coin). Emmett 3133/11 (R2, citing Oxford
3077). (3) Year 13 = 233/4 AD, 12.06g. Same bust
type of emperor / Bust of Alexandria right, wear-
ing cap surmounted by towers; palm branch in right
field. Cologne 2483. Emmett 3087/13 (R2). Stated
to be ex Dattari, but not illustrated in Dattari-Savio.
(4) Year 13 = 233/4 AD, 11.57g. Same bust type of
emperor / Trophy between two seated captives, palm
branch in left field. Cologne 2491. Emmett 3138/13
(common). Four interesting reverse types. VF
$500