189, Lot: 129. Estimate $100. Sold for $345. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 28mm (12.47 g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, holding scepter and placing hand on trophy; to left, palm tree; to right, murex shell and column surmounted by Nike. SNG Copenhagen 364; BMC 396-402. VF, green patina, earthen deposits, a little rough.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.