181, Lot: 303. Estimate $100. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ 29mm (14.49 g, 11h). Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, holding cruciform scepter and aphlaston, resting foot on prow; to right, column surmounted by Nike. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 259. VF, black patina with earthen deposits.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.