162, Lot: 279. Estimate $75. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ 20mm (5.93 g). IMP CC VIBIVS TREBO GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL T Y R O MET, baetyl enveloped by a serpent; palm tree to left, murex to right. Cf. Rouvier 2476 (larger denomination); BMC- ; SNG Copenhagen-. Near VF, dark brown patina. Unlisted small denomination.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.