320, Lot: 319. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (28mm, 16.67 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding cruciform standard and aphlaston and lifting hem of chiton; to left, Nike on column, crowning Astarte. Sawaya 2270-2289 var. (D393/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier 610; BMC 259-262. VF, earthen green surfaces.