375, Lot: 89. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.84 g, 6h). Presentation issue. Struck AD 209-211. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, seen from behind / Laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules right, with lion skin tied around neck. Prieur 1528. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Group CEM (Classical Numismatic Group 93, 22 May 2013), lot 1002. Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 385 (January 1977), no. 19.