217, Lot: 316. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 28mm (13.10 g, 5h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, holding scepter and placing hand on trophy; palm tree to left; to right, murex shell and column surmounted by Nike. SNG Copenhagen 364; BMC 396-402. Good Fine, green patina, earthen deposits.