240, Lot: 345. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Æ (26mm, 11.56 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Hexastyle Temple of Astarte: within stands Astarte erecting a trophy, behind her stands Nike on a short column placing a wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Rouvier 2405; BMC Phoenicia -; SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, dark brown patina, light roughness.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.