421, Lot: 470. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (26mm, 10.37 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Portable shrine seen in perspective to right, containing facing cult object (bust of Astarte?); murex shell in exergue. Cf. Rouvier 2522; BMC –. Fine, earthen dark green patina, adjustment marks on obverse. Rare.