357, Lot: 305. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ Dichalkon (27mm, 10.65 g, 12h). IMP C P LIC [VALERI]ANVS AV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / C-OL TVRO METR, eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread and wreath in beak; behind, labarum inscribed LEG / III / GAL in three lines; murex shell between legs. Cf. Rouvier 2512-3 (radiate; legends; eagle head left); AUB –; BMC –. VF, earthen green patina. Very rare.