115, Lot: 319. Estimate $100. Sold for $119. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 23mm (9.18 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COL IVL A-VG FEL, BER in exergue, Beroe kneeling left, holding ewwer over well, looking back at Poseidon who seizes her left arm. BMC Phoenicia pg. 80, 183; SNG Copenhagen 118. VF, dark green, almost black, patina, minor roughness.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.