55, Lot: 88. Estimate $300. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 25mm (17.90 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Poseidon striding right, holding trident with his left arm while he is grasping the arm of the nymph Beröe who is kneeling left; holding a small amphora with her right hand. BMC Phoenicia pg. 80, 183; Lindgren & Kovacs 2268. VF, brown patina with touches of green. Scarce type; the mythological foundation scene for Berytos. ($150)