423, Lot: 328. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.48 g, 12h). M OΠ ΛNTO ΔIAΔ•VMЄNIΛ•C, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC Π Π, eagle standing right on ground line, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; pellet-in-annulet to upper right; altar between legs. Rouvier –; cf. Prieur 1328 (Macrinus; for rev.). VF, toned, traces of green deposits, light porosity. A type unlisted for Diadumenian in the standard references.