Details
LOT 3384
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Illegible inscription, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / T-VRI-ORV-[M], hexastyle temple within stands Astarte erecting trophy, behind her, Nike standing on short column, placing wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Cf. RPC VI, 8623 (temporary). Near Very Fine.(14.48gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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