292, Lot: 323. Estimate $100. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Orthosia. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (23mm, 11.12 g, 6h). Dated CY 533 (AD 221/2). Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Baal of Orthosia in biga pulled by two griffins. Cf. Rouvier 881; BMC -; AUB -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Hunterian -; McClean -; Weber -; Lindgren -. Near VF, dark grayish green patina under earthen deposits. Rare.