407, Lot: 358. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (30mm, 20.45 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery / Hexastyle temple containing Tyche-Astarte standing facing, with hand on trophy, being crowned by Nike on column to right; in exergue, lighted altar between palm tree and murex shell. Cf. BMC 432. Near VF, green patina.

From the François Righetti Collection.