357, Lot: 302. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Æ Dichalkon (30mm, 16.15 g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Hexastyle temple, containing Tyche-Astarte standing facing, holding scepter and placing hand on trophy to left; to right, crowning Victory on column; in exergue, lighted altar between murex shell and palm tree. Rouvier 2405 var. (legend break); cf. AUB 256; BMC –. VF, green surfaces, some porosity.