Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 517. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ 20mm (7.47 g, 1h). Legionary issue. TI CLLVD CLISLR, laureate head left / V and VIII down central field, two aquilae, each with signum behind. RPC I 4547; Rouvier 509; AUB 45-46; BMC 75; SNG Copenhagen 94. EF, black patina with dusty orange overtones. An exceptional example.

Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus was founded with veterans of the 5th and 8th legions.