New Bronze Issue of Byblos

347, Lot: 273. Estimate $75. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). 1st century BC. Æ (13mm, 1.94 g, 12h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Headdress of Isis; uncertain Aramaic legend to left, B (or BY monogram) to right. Cf. HGC 144 (for obv. and rev. legend) and 145 (for rev. type); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. VF, green patina with patches of earthen encrustation. Very rare.