375, Lot: 107. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Chalkous (20mm, 6.31 g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Temple of the Phoenician Koinon seen in perspective; murex shell below. Cf. Rouvier 2421; cf. AUB 258; cf. BMC 421-2. Near VF, green patina, some roughness. Rare.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 257 (8 June 2011), lot 301.