CNG 94, Lot: 914. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (26mm, 8.94 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirsased bust right / Astarte standing facing, with left foot on prow, holding stylis and aplustre; to left, small figure of Eros standing right, extending hands toward Astarte; to right, Nike standing left atop short column, crowning Astarte; all within hexastyle temple with central arched porch, aplustre acroteria, and frontal enclosure. Rouvier 1608; BMC –; AUB 285. VF, earthen green paitna.