407, Lot: 342. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (24mm, 4.82 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing right, with foot on prow, holding scepter and being crowned by Nike on column; all within tetrastyle temple with shell-pattern arch. BMC 29. VF, green and red-brown patina.

From the François Righetti Collection.