356, Lot: 391. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Trichalkon (30mm, 17.32 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hexastyle temple, containing Astarte facing, with scepter; trophy to left, crowning Victory on column to right; in exergue, altar between palm frond and murex shell. Cf. Rouvier 2362 (dichalkon); BMC 404-5. Near VF, green-brown surfaces.