289, Lot: 240. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (26mm, 17.11 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding cruciform standard and aphlaston, lifting hem of chiton; to left, Nike on column, crowning Astarte. Sawaya 2273 (D393/R874) = BMC 260. Near VF, brown patina.

Ex J. S. Wagner Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 245), lot 288.