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Electronic Auction 469  3 Jun 2020
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Lot 266

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 250 USD
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ (30mm, 24.29 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on breastplate / Astarte, holding stylis in right hand and placing left foot on prow, standing facing within tetrastyle temple, being crowned by Nike on column to right; flanking Astarte, genii on shorter columns, holding globes; flanking temple stairway, winged genii, each holding trident, riding dolphins; shield in pediment; the following acroteria along roofline: two Nikai holding billowing veils and Poseidon abducting the nymph Beroea. Sawaya 1611-3 (D329/R668); SNG Copenhagen 112 (same obv. die). Dark green patina with some roughness, minor cleaning marks. Good VF. Fine portrait.
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