A Selection of Tyrian Types
307, Lot: 216. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Trajan, AD 98-117. Æ (22mm, 8.49 g, 12h). Dated CY 224 (AD 98/9). Laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules, with lion’s skin tied around neck / Club with civic monogram at handle; legend and date in three lines across field; all within oak wreath. Rouvier 2233; BMC 331; AUB 138–9. VF, green patina, earthen deposits.