421, Lot: 468. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (25mm, 11.29 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Melquart-Hercules standing left, placing hand on trophy and holding club and lion’s skin; to right, Nike on column, crowning Hercules. Rouvier 2496; BMC –. Near VF, dusty green surfaces. Rare type.