Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 745. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006. Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Sidon. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Æ 30mm (18.14 g, 6h). Draped bust right / Car of Astarte: cult
xoanon, flanked on either side by small figure, within ornate tetrastyle canopy, set on two-wheeled base; four palms emerging from roof of structure. AUB 283; SNG Copenhagen 264 var. (bust type). VF, black patina with orange overtones.
From the Alexandre de Barros Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 53 (20 November 2002), lot 67.