289, Lot: 247. Estimate $250. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (24mm, 8.80 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two oxen walking right; in background, vexillum inscribed LEG/ III/ GA[L] in three lines; murex shell to right. Rouvier 2392; BMC 394; cf. AUB 224. Good VF, attractive green patina with earthen highlights, patch of roughness on reverse.