252, Lot: 279. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tripolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 9.64 g, 12h). Dated SE 532 (AD 220/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Flaming altar of Zeus Hagios within tetrastyle temple; Helios and Selene flanking between columns; [BΛΦ] (date) in exergue. BMC 114; SNG Copenhagen 292. Fine, dark green patina under thick earthen deposits.