355, Lot: 343. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Æ (27mm, 14.20 g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Europa standing facing, holding vasel; to upper left, two baetyls (Ambrosial Rocks) with olive tree between them; to lower left, forepart of bull springing right above murex shell; to right, EV/Pω/[ΠH]. Rouvier –; BMC –. Fine, earthen green patina, some roughness. Rare.
See BMC 468 for the same reverse type on a coin of Valerian I.