248, Lot: 309. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 11.58 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Astarte standing right, left foot on prow, holding scepter and being crowned by Nike, within hexastyle temple with arched roof. AUB 58-9; SNG Copenhagen 145; BMC 51. Good VF, patina stripped, light porosity, somewhat uneven strike on the obverse. Well centered reverse for type.