446, Lot: 249. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (15mm, 3.11 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cadmus standing facing, head left, on galley left, holding scepter; murex shell to upper left. Rouvier –; BMC – (cf. 411 for rev. type); AUB –. VF, dark green and brown patina with some light earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.