The Building of Carthage

434, Lot: 257. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25.5mm, 14.72 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The Building of Carthage: Dido standing left, holding a ruler and scepter, surveying construction; mason above gate, worker with pick-axe digging before gate; murex shell in upper central field, palm tree to right of Dido. Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; AUB 245 var. (obv. bust seen from front). Fine, dark green surfaces with some light earthen highlights/deposits, some light cleaning scratches. Rare.