358, Lot: 247. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ Dichalkon (27mm, 10.65 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Cadmus(?) standing right, holding uncertain object and clasping hands with Tyche-Astarte standing left; murex shell between; to outer right, bull standing left. Rouvier –; BMC –; AUB –; SNG Hunterian –; SNG Righetti –; CNG E-299, lot 312. Fine, earthen brown patina. Very rare.