85, Lot: 73. Estimate $100. Sold for $108. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tripolis. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 24mm (11.99 gm). Dated year 532 (220/1 AD). Laureate bust right, seen from behind / Facade of Temple of Astarte: statue of Astarte standing facing within central ornate arch, wearing turreted crown, foot on prow, holding sceptre and Nike; tetrastyle temple on either side; all within distyle temple with central stairway;
BLF (date) in exergue left. BMC Phoenicia pg. 223, 120; SNG Copenhagen 291. VF, olive green patina.
From the Patrick Cooper Collection.