112, Lot: 173. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Diadumenian, as Caesar. 217-218 AD. Æ 30mm (18.24 gm). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL I-[VL] A-VG FEL, BER below statue of Astarte holding standard within tetrastyle temple, on her left, Nike on pedesatl placing wreath on her head, winged genius on either side on short pedestal; two winged genii on dolphins below. BMC Phoenicia pg. 78, 169; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, dark brown patina.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.