375, Lot: 114. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ Dichalkon (28mm, 12.77 g, 6h). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Construction of Carthage: Dido standing left, holding ruler and scepter; to left, mason atop arched city gate; below, murex shell and man digging with pick right. Cf. Rouvier 2533-4; cf. AUB 303; cf. BMC 470. Near VF, brown surfaces, some adjustment marks. Rare.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.