368, Lot: 291. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 9.57 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hexastyle temple, containing Astarte facing, with scepter; trophy to left, crowning Victory on column to right; in exergue, altar between murex shell and palm tree. Rouvier 2361; BMC 404-5. Fine, earthen dark green patina.