442, Lot: 813. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (26mm, 16.26 g, 1h). IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust left, viewed from rear / COL IVL AVG FEL, BER in exergue, Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding long cruciform scepter and aphlaston, crowned by Nike standing left on column. Sawaya 2336 (D395/R900). Near VF, earthen green patina.

Ex Elsen 72 (14 December 2002), lot 724.