CNG 100, Lot: 1756. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (27mm, 13.67 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Oceanus reclining left, wearing crab claws on head, holding oar in left hand, stretching right hand out toward the Ambrosial rocks, from which water flows; murex shell in field above, ωKЄANOC below. Rouvier 2517 var. (bust type); BMC 464 var. (same); AUB –. Near VF/VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits. Very rare, none on CoinArchives.