246, Lot: 236. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 12.83 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tetrastyle gateway with central arch surmounted by figure with raised right hand, riding lion or panther right; below arch, figure of Marsyas standing right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder. BMC 192 var. (rev. legend break). VF, patina stripped, now retoning.