206, Lot: 371. Estimate $100. Sold for $96. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 26mm (13.81 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Astarte standing right, left foot on prow, holding scepter and being crowned by Nike, within hexastyle temple with arched roof. BMC 51; SNG Copenhagen 145. Good VF, green patina, some light roughness, obverse a little off-center.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.