245, Lot: 288. Estimate $75. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (26mm, 17.11 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding cruciform standard and aphlaston, lifting hem of chiton; to left, Nike on column, crowning Astarte. BMC 259-62; AUB 129 corr. (laureate). Near VF, brown patina.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.