223, Lot: 373. Estimate $100. Sold for $76. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 28mm (14.90 g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, holding scepter and placing hand on trophy, being crowned by Nike on column; palm tree between Astarte and trophy, murex shell between Astarte and Nike. SNG Copenhagen 364; BMC 396-402. Near VF, green patina with sandy deposits, surfaces a little rough.