Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA. Berytus. Trajan, 98-117. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 29 mm, 21.72 g, 12 h). IMP CAES NER TRAIANO AVG GERM DAC COS V Laureate head of Trajan to right. Rev. COL BER Tetrastyle temple with cult statue of Astarte standing facing within, head to left, holding scepter in her right hand. BMC -. RPC III 3840.3 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen -. Very rare. Very fine.


From the collection of Jean-Pierre Righetti, inv. no. 216 (with collector's ticket), privately purchased on 31 July 2014.