307, Lot: 214. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (28mm, 22.27 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, holding cruciform scepter and aphlaston, resting foot on prow; to right, column surmounted by Nike. Cf. Sawaya 2317-26 (D394/R896 [unrecorded die combination]); SNG Copenhagen 128 var. (bust); BMC 264-8; AUB 131-5. Near VF, green surfaces, earthen deposits.