126, Lot: 262. Estimate $75. Sold for $68. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Severus Alexander. Æ 25mm (8.46 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COL AVR PIA [METRO] SID, car of Astarte on two wheels containing sacred baetyl(?) beneath a canopy. BMC Phoenicia pg. 198, 318; SNG Copenhagen 268. Near F, dark brown patina with some green around the devices.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Thomas Ollive Mabbott Collection, Part I (Hans Schulman, New York, 6-11 June 1969), lot 2811.