282, Lot: 210. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ (22mm, 15.26 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte, holding stylis and placing left foot on prow, standing facing within tetrastyle temple, being crowned by Nike on column to right; pellet in pediment. Sawaya 1587 (D322/R656); Rouvier 567; BMC 161. VF, green and brown patina.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.