308, Lot: 270. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (27mm, 15.96 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The building of Carthage: Dido standing left, holding a ruler and scepter, surveying construction; mason above gate, worker with pick-axe digging before gate; murex shell to lower left. Rouvier 2501 var. (bust type); BMC 470 var. (same); AUB 290 var. (same). Near Fine, dark greenish-brown patina.