Triton XX, Lot: 468. Estimate $500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ (24mm, 9.69 g, 12h). IVL PHILIPPVS NOB CAES, bareheaded and draped bust right / COL PT–OL, large foot to left; thunderbolt above, caduceus to left. Kadman –; Rosenberger –; Sofaer 256. Fine, earthen green patina, roughness. Rare.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.

The Sofaer catalog notes that the foot may symbolize Ba‘al of Carmel, a local deity associated with Zeus Heliopolites.