Perspective View of the Temple of Aphrodite

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1477. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ 29mm (19.42 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Temple precinct of Aphrodite viewed in aerial perspective containing conical xoanon within colonnaded court, with stairway below leading to entrance; to left, lighted altar within distyle temple open to left, containing stairway below; star in exergue. Rouvier 697; cf. AUB 51-2; SNG Copenhagen -; Price & Trell 713. Good VF, earthen black-green patina. Rare and desirable architectural type.