Important Ancient Coins

ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINAGE, Caracalla (198-217), Phoenicia, Cæsarea ad Libanum, Æ, laureate and cuirassed bust right, rev. cult statue of Astarte with shrine represented as an arch supported by two fluted columns with human headed capitals, 12.12g/1h (Rouvier 732; cf. BMC 6 [Elagabalus]). Fine, extremely rare £90-120