116, Lot: 172. Estimate $200. Sold for $216. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 30mm (17.56 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Arched gateway within which Marsyas standing right, holding wine-sack over shoulder; above, figure riding lion or panther right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 81, 192; SNG Copenhagen 117. VF, reddish-brown patina.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.