375, Lot: 82. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Trajan, AD 98-117. Æ Dichalkon (24mm, 10.29 g, 1h). Dated CY 224 (AD 98/9). Laureate head of Meqart-Hercules right, with lion skin tied around neck; star to lower right / Club upright, with civic monogram at handle; ΔΚΣ (date) and Phoenician legend below. RPC III 3879 var. (no star); Rouvier 2233 var. (same); AUB 138-9 var. (same); BMC 331 var. (same). Good VF, black surfaces. Rare variety featuring a star on the obverse.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 310 (4 September 2013), lot 342.