289, Lot: 242. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Vespasian, AD 69-79. Æ (24mm, 10.76 g, 12h). Dated CY 203 (AD 77/8). Laureate head of Melqarth-Hercules right, lion skin tied around neck; B below chin / Club surmounted by Tyre monogram; ΓΣ (date) to left, Phoenician ethnic to right. Rouvier 2217 var. (A above date in the form CΓ); BMC –; AUB var. (same); RPC II 2060. VF, dark green patina. Rare.