PHOENICIA, Berytus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. Æ Trichalkon (30mm, 24.45 g, 12h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Statue of Astarte standing facing, holding aphlaston, left foot on prow, being crowned by Nike on a column to right; on either side, genii standing on short pedestals holding globes, all within tetrastyle temple with steps, pellet in pediment; below, two winged genii riding dophins and holding tridents flanking steps; above, Poseidon and Beroë, winged Nikai holding crowns flanking as actroteria. Sawaya 1644 (D331/R677); Rouvier 570; BMC 169-70. Yellow-brown surfaces, slight smoothing. VF. Very rare, only four in CoinArchives.
From the CLA Collection. Ex Homer Athanassiou Collection, purchased 18 August 1987.
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