354, Lot: 406. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (30mm, 19.15 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow of galley, holding trident and being crowned by Victory standing left on cippus; genii flanking; all within tetrastyle temple with shield in pediment and acroteria along roofline; below, two genii on dolphins facing central stairway above two cups or altars. Sawaya – (D339/R695). VF, earthen green surfaces.