Rare Tyre Bronze for Severus as Caesar

261, Lot: 230. Estimate $100. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Severus Alexander. As Caesar, AD 222. Æ (23mm, 7.99 g, 12h). Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / Marsyas standing right, extending arm towards palm tree and holding wine-skin over shoulder; murex shell between. AUB -; BMC -; Rouvier 2418. VF, brown patina, light earthen deposits. Rare.