239, Lot: 411. Estimate $200. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (29mm, 21.97 g, 5h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hexastyle Temple of Astarte; within stands Astarte erecting a trophy, behind her stands Nike on a short column placing a wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. SNG Copenhagen -; AUB 226; cf. BMC Phoenicia 393. Good VF, green patina with earthen encrustation.