Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1480. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Æ 28mm (17.01 g, 12h). Draped bust right / Cult statue of Astarte-Tyche standing facing, holding scepter and raising hem of garment; to left at feet, small eros; to right, Nike set on low column; all within tetrastyle temple façade with arched central bay. Rouvier 1588; AUB 284; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, earthen black patina. Attractive, well struck portrait. Very rare.