110, Lot: 159. Estimate $150. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 26mm (15.21 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COL IVL A-VG FEL, BER in exergue, Beroe kneeling left, holding ewwer over well, looking back at Poseidon who seizes her left arm. BMC Phoenicia 183; SNG Copenhagen 118. Nice VF, attractive brown patina, some adjustment marks on both sides.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.