432, Lot: 196. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 10.38 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two agonistic crowns, each containing palm frond, set on table seen in perspective from right; cart of Astarte above, balloting balls and urn below. Cf. Rouvier 1514-5; cf. BMC 279-82. Fine, earthen black patina.