148, Lot: 281. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 23mm (10.52 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Astarte standing facing within tetrastyle temple with arched roof, on right Nike stands on a short column crowning Astarte. AUB 45; BMC Phoenicia pg. 101, 29; SNG Copenhagen 141. VF, dark green patina with some earthen encrustation.

From the Alexandre de Barros Collection.