368, Lot: 292. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 12.02 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The Ambrosial Rock flanking olive tree; in exergue, murex and hound standing left. Cf. Rouvier 2411 (Julia Maesa); BMC, p. cxli and pl. XLIV, 7 var. (murex and hound left; rev. only illustrated). Fine, rough earthen green patina.