CNG 85, Lot: 670. Estimate $500. Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (26mm, 9.30 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Sacred olive tree; to left and [right], serpent arising from basket or altar; winged caduceus to right. Rouvier 1063 var. (bust type); Babelon, Perses 1558 (rev. only illustrated; same die); Gemini VI, lot 684 (same dies). VF, rough green patina with earthen encrustation.