Extremely Rare Architectural Type from Tyre

356, Lot: 398. Estimate $200. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ Dichalkon (26mm, 12.25 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aedicula, with smaller aedicula and statues on pedestals within and caryatids supporting canopy. Rouvier –; BMC –; AUB –; Price & Trell 745. VF, brown patina. Extremely rare architectural type.