407, Lot: 357. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (29mm, 19.21 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hexastyle temple containing Tyche-Astarte standing facing, with hand on trophy, being crowned by Nike on column to right; in exergue, lighted altar between palm tree and murex shell. BMC 432. Near VF, brown patina.

From the François Righetti Collection.