375, Lot: 105. Estimate $75. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Dichalkon (26mm, 11.38 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Serpent-entwined ovoid baetyl; palm tree to left, murex shell to right. Rouvier 2390; AUB 248; BMC 413. Near Fine, brown patina, minor roughness.
From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 174 (10 October 2007), lot 162.