210, Lot: 169. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ 28mm (12.82 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, right hand on trophy, being crowned by Nike standing on short column to right; all within hexastyle temple; tree, altar, and murex shell in exergue. BMC 452; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, green patina with earthen deposits.