Elagabalus Æ Tetrassarion of Sidon, Phoenicia. AD 218-222. [IM]P C M AV ANTONINVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [COL AVR] PIA METRO, car of Astarte: baetyl within portable shrine; SID in exergue. BMC 250; SNG Copenhagen 256. 13.18g, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; attractive patina.
Ex Dr. Theodor Grewer Collection;
Ex Schulten & Co., Auction 9, 2 June 1982, lot 972.