397, Lot: 346. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (28mm, 13.76 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Olive tree flanked by baetyls inscribed [A]MB/[PO]CIЄ and Π[AI]/TP[Є]; in exergue, hound of Hercules right and murex. Rouvier 2391 var. (bust also draped); cf. BMC 7 (position of murex and hound switched). VF, earthen brown patina. Rare.