PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (26mm, 11.36 g, 7h). Fine.Electronic Auction 566 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (26mm, 11.36 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Aedicula, with smaller aedicula and statues on pedestals within and caryatids supporting canopy; at center, Victory crowns standing figure; to left, murex shell. RPC X Online 62959; Rouvier –; Price & Trell 745. Earthen brown patina, roughness, deposits. Fine. Very rare. A VF specimen (CNG 356, lot 398) hammered for $3,500. |