Item Sold At Auction #30
Lot Number: 62847
Estimate: $150.00
Final Sale Price: $344.30
Denomination: 26mm
Grade: Fine black patina
Reference: Rouvier pg. 276, 1572 var (bust type on crescent); BMC Phoenicia -; Howgego 396

 Phoenicia, Sidon. Annia Faustina, Wife of Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. AE 26mm (11.38 gm).
  ANNIA FAVSTINA, diademed, draped bust right, on crescent; cmk. cart of
  Astarte before / COL AVR-PIA METRO, cart of Astarte. Rouvier pg. 276, 1572; BMC
  Phoenicia -; Howgego 396 (for countermark). Fine, black patina with mild porosity.
  Very Rare. Estimate $150.

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