325, Lot: 452. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (30mm, 20.80 g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, left foot set on prow, placing right hand on trophy and holding scepter in left; to right, Nike standing left on short column, crowing Astarte; palm tree between trophy and Astarte, murex shell between Astarte and column. BMC 388. VF, green patina.