Extremely Rare Tyre Issue

265, Lot: 281. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (27mm, 14.96 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Sacrifice to Astarte: Astarte standing facing, placing right hand on trophy and being crowned by Nike standing on a column behind; Marsyas between trophy and Astarte, murex shell to right; below, for Tyches standing, three raising hands, one sacrificing over altar. Rouvier -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; AUB -; CNG e160, lot 239. Near VF, earthen green patina, adjustment mark on reverse, flan a little ragged. Extremely rare.