334, Lot: 243. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Orthosia. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (23mm, 7.45 g, 7h). Uncertain date, probably CY 533 (AD 221/2). Laureate head right / Statue of Astarte standing facing, being crowned by Nike on short column to right, within tetrastyle temple with pediment above central arch and doorways on sides; stairs leading to both doorways. SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 5-6 corr. (Severus Alexander as Caesar). Good Fine, brown patina, porous. Rare.