307, Lot: 221. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 19.88 g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, with right foot on prow, holding scepter; trophy on which Astarte places hand and palm tree to left, murex shell and Nike on column to right. Rouvier 2351; BMC 397; AUB 230. Near VF, earthen brown patina, rough surfaces.