229, Lot: 347. Estimate $100. Sold for $66. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 28mm (15.05 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hexastyle temple with arched central bay set on four-tiered base; palm tree, altar, and murex shell before temple steps; within, statue of Tyche standing right, erecting trophy, crowned by Nike on column. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 393. Near VF, earthen green patina, cleaning marks on obverse.

Struck early in the reign of Elagabalus, before Tyre was stripped of its colonial status.