344, Lot: 355. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tripolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 12.11 g, 8h). Dated SE 532 (AD 220/221). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple with lighted altar of Zeus Hagios; statues of Helios and Selene in outer intercolumnations, ornate superstructure with radiate facing bust in pediment; BΛΦ (date) in exergue. Cf. Rouvier 1758; SNG Copenhagen 292; BMC 114; AUB 45. VF, dark brown patina, a few pits.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 79 (17 December 2003), lot 67; Münzhandlung Schulten (19 March 1986), lot 468.