174, Lot: 159. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 30mm (17.73 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AVR PIA SID COL METRO, Founder plowing right with two oxen; behind standard inscribed in two lines (not legible). BMC Phoenicia -; SNG Copenhagen -; AUB 273. VF, brown patina, reverse slightly double struck. Rare type, the AUB specimen being completely illegible.