344, Lot: 359. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Severus Alexander. As Caesar, AD 222. Æ (25mm, 9.43 g, 12h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche-Astarte standing facing, foot on prow and placing hand on trophy, being crowned by Nike atop short column to right; Marsyas between trophy and Tyche-Astarte; murex shell between Tyche-Astarte and column. Cf. Rouvier 2413; BMC 419; AUB 257. VF, dark green to black patina with earthen highlights/deposits.