160, Lot: 239. Estimate $100. Sold for $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ 27mm (13.35 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Sacrifice to Astarte: Astarte standing facing, placing right hand on trophy, being crowned by Nike standing on a column behind, Marsyas between trophy and Astarte, murex shell right; below, four Tyches standing, three raising hands, one sacrificing over altar. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; AUB -; Rouvier -, but cf. 2440 for the reverse type under Philip I. Good Fine, dull brown patina, some adjustment marks.