PHOENICIA. Aradus. Elagabalus, 218-222. Octassarion (Bronze, 29 mm, 14.43 g, 12 h), CY 477 = 218/9. [ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ]Ρ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ Laureate head of Elagabalus to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. ΑΡΑΔΙⲰΝ / Є - ΖΟΥ (date retrograde) Cypress tree; to left, bull standing right, and to right, lion standing left; in the background, standard shaped as a hand behind the bull, vexillum behind the lion; above lion's head, crescent. BMC -. CNG 191 (2008), 127 corr. (same dies, but missattributed to Caracalla). RPC VI online 8204. SNG Copenhagen -. Extremely rare, apparently the fifth recorded example. Flan flaws and light reverse erosion, otherwise, good fine.