244, Lot: 363. Estimate $75. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tripolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (22mm, 8.35 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Temple of Astarte, consisting of central arch and two wings with four columns; statue of Astarte under arch, [date] in exergue. Cf. BMC 119; cf. SNG Copenhagen 291 (undraped). Fine, dark green and brown patina under earthen deposits.