357, Lot: 300. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Dichalkon (31mm, 16.18 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche-Astarte standing facing, head right, with foot on prow, holding scepter and placing hand upon trophy to left; palm tree to inner left, murex shell to inner right; to right, crowning Victory upon column. Rouvier 2350; AUB 230; BMC 400. Near VF, light green patina.