201, Lot: 297. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 28mm (18.20 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed(?) bust right / Astarte standing facing, holding cruciform scepter and aphlaston, resting foot on prow; to right, column surmounted by Nike. SNG Copenhagen 128 var. (bust); BMC 264; AUB 131-5. VF, green patina, some roughness.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.