434, Lot: 254. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (30mm, 21.07 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Ornamented modius with two handles. BMC 274-8 var. (obv. bust type and rev. legend); AUB –; SNG Copenhagen –. Fine, rough dark green surfaces with some light earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.

BMC p. cxv: “The modius (nos. 274-8) with AETERNVM BENEFICIVM (variously abbreviated) alludes to a foundation by the emperor, the revenues being devoted to the provisioning of the city.”