CNG 88, Lot: 1050. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (31mm, 20.12 g, 6h). Games issue. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two prize crowns, each containing palm frond, set on draped table, seen in perspective, set on low platform; balloting balls and urn below, IE PЄR ISЄ/OЄCVM in two lines in exergue. Klose & Stumpf -; Rouvier -; AUB -; BMC 280; CNG 85, 678 (same dies). Near EF, natural green patina.