357, Lot: 291. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (24mm, 10.92 g, 12h). IMP CΛE M ΛVR ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; c/m: Cart of Astarte in incuse square / COL ΛVR PIΛ METR[O], SID in exergue, Cart of Astarte: two-wheel vehicle with four columns supporting roof; above, two palms to left and right; baetyl within. For coin: Rouvier 1494; AUB 256 (example without c/m); cf. BMC 255 (same; example with c/m); for c/m: Howgego 396. VF, black patina with orange earthen deposits.

From the Elwood Rafn Collection.