273, Lot: 191. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ (23mm, 11.85 g, 1h). Bare head left; c/m: Astarte standing facing, holding scepter, being crowned by Nike on low column / Founder plowing right with two yoked oxen. Sawaya - (D88/R209 [unlisted die combination])RPC II 2045.17 (same obv. die as illustration); AUB 49; SNG Copenhagen -; for c/m: Howgego 243. Host coin Fine, countermark VF, black patina with earthen deposits.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.