245, Lot: 287. Estimate $100. Sold for $105. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (29mm, 19.17 g, 11h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding cruciform standard and aphlaston, lifting hem of chiton; to left, Nike on column, crowning Astarte. BMC 259-62; AUB 129 corr. (laureate). VF, green patina.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.