277, Lot: 156. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (29mm, 18.16 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow of galley, holding trident and being crowned by Nike standing left on cippus; genii flanking; all within tetrastyle temple with annulet in pediment and acroteria on roof; below, two genii on dolphins facing central stairway. Sawaya 1656 (D332/R681); BMC 181 (same rev. die). Near VF, attractive dark green patina with earthen highlights.