Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 676. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ 26mm (15.44 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Temple precinct of Aphrodite viewed in aerial perspective containing conical xoanon within colonnaded court, with stairway below leading to entrance; to left, lighted altar within distyle temple open to left, containing stairway below. Rouvier 697; cf. AUB 51-2; SNG Copenhagen -; Price & Trell 713. Good VF, green patina, heavy earthen deposits. Rare and desirable architectural type.