PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (27mm, 12.89 g, 7h). Good Fine.

Electronic Auction 575
Lot: 338.
Closing Date: Nov 20 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 150

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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (27mm, 12.89 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Cadmus standing left, holding patera and spear; at feet to left, cow reclining right; in left field, city gate of Thebes above ΘH/BЄ; murex shell to right. Rouvier 2500 var. (radiate); RPC X Online 62992. Earthen brown patina, light porosity, reverse off center. Good Fine. Very rare.

While travelling through Greece in search of his abducted sister Europa, the Phoenician prince Cadmus consulted the Delphic oracle, where he was instructed to follow a sacred cow and found a city on the spot where it should finally take rest. Cadmus followed the instructions, and the spot where the cow stopped became the great city of Thebes in Boeotia.

Closing Date and Time: 20 November 2024 at 11:52:20 ET.

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