375, Lot: 101. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Dichalkon (28mm, 13.60 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Tyche-Astarte standing facing, with hand on trophy and being crowned by Victory on column to right; palm tree to inner left, murex shell to inner right. Rouvier 2350; AUB 230-7; BMC 396-403. Near VF, green patina.
From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.