237, Lot: 196. Estimate $100. Sold for $72. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 33mm (33.17 g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Astarte standing facing, foot on prow, placing hand on trophy and holding scepter, being crowned by Nike standing left on low column; Marsyas to left, murex shell to right. BMC Phoenicia 390 var. (spacing of legend); SNG Copenhagen 364 var. (palm left); AUB 221 var. (same). VF, rough brown surfaces.

From Collection CR.