426, Lot: 388. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (29mm, 19.62 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, with foot on prow, holding stylis and being crowned by Nike on column; to lower left, Marsyas standing right. BMC 242. Near VF, green and red-brown patina, flan flaws and some cleaning scratches on obverse.

From the François Righetti Collection, purchased from John Jencek.