375, Lot: 109. Estimate $150. Sold for $259. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Dichalkon (30mm, 18.80 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Hexastyle temple, containing Tyche-Astarte standing facing, with hand on trophy and being crowned by Victory on column to right; in exergue, lighted altar between palm tree and murex shell. Rouvier 2441 var. (rev. legend); AUB –; BMC 432 var. (same). Fine, dusty green patina.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 306 (10 July 2013), lot 300.