367, Lot: 404. Estimate $75. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Botrys. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Chalkous (23mm, 8.52 g, 6h). Dated CY 252 (AD 221/2). Laureate head right / Hexastyle temple, with arched central bay and containing Astarte standing facing, holding scepter; BN C (date) in exergue. Rouvier 623; cf. AUB 3 (many details off flan); BMC –. VF, earthen green patina. Very rare city.