213, Lot: 335. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ 29mm (14.51 g, 6h). Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, resting foot on prow, holding cruciform scepter and aphlaston; to right, column surmounted by Nike standing left. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Hunterian 3326; SNG Righetti -; BMC 259. Near VF, green patina with earthen encrustation, small pit on bust.