307, Lot: 220. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 13.17 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, with right foot on prow, holding scepter; trophy on which Astarte places hand and palm tree to left, murex shell and Nike on column to right. Rouvier 2350; BMC 397 var. (bust type); AUB 230 var. (same). Good Fine, green patina, earthen deposits.