315, Lot: 259. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (28mm, 11.20 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / River-god or lake-god standing facing, head left, holding reed with long drooping leaves in left hand, pointing to ambrosial rocks with right; murex shell in left field. Rouvier 2515 var. (river-god Belus also on rev.); BMC 466 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen –. Fine, brown and green patina.