Elagabalus, AE25 of Tyre, Phoenicia, AD 218. 9.57 g.

IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
TYRIORVM Hexastyle temple with Astarte standing left within, holding transverse sceptre and resting right hand on a trophy before her. Nike on column behind her, altar between murex shell and palm tree below.

Rouvier 2360–2361; Paris 830 and B2227; Mionnet V, 646.

Contributed by Chris Scarlioli, Dec. 2022.
Ex CNG auction 368, lot 291, Feb. 2016.