289, Lot: 149. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ake-Ptolemais. 1st century BC. Æ (24mm, 10.50 g, 12h). Dated year 5 of the Caesarean Era (44/3 BC). Laureate head of Zeus right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; LE (date) and monogram to left. Seyrig, Ptolémaïs 16; SNG Copenhagen 178-9; DCA 743 var.; HGC 10, 8 var. Near VF, dark green patina.

This issue, noted by Seyrig for its unusually barbarous style, differs from others of the same date by the monogram, attributes of Tyche, and lack of AΣY below the date.