426, Lot: 393. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. Æ (23.4mm, 10.80 g, 11h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bull standing right before vexillum inscribed LEG/III/GAL in three lines; murex shell to lower right. Rouvier –; AUB 217 var. (arrangement of rev. legend); BMC –. VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights/deposits, some bare metal on the high points. Very rare.