291, Lot: 267. Estimate $150. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (31mm, 15.63 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Melqart-Hercules, holding club, and Apollo, holding lyre, each standing facing with heads toward each other and placing free hand on the other’s shoulder; murex shell in exergue. Rouvier –; BMC –; AUB –; SNG Copenhagen –. Near VF, dark green patina, earthen highlights.