434, Lot: 259. Estimate $100. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Æ (27mm, 12.37 g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Two male figures (athletes?) standing facing each other, holding a tray between them; prize crown(?) on tray; murex shell to right. Rouvier –; BMC –; AUB –. Good Fine, dark green and brown surfaces with some light earthen highlights/deposits, minor roughness. Extremely rare and possibly unpublished type.