442, Lot: 817. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (30mm, 22.44 g, 12h). IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AV, radiate and cuirassed bust right / COL TY-RO MET, hexastyle temple, within which stands Astarte, holding scepter and tropaion, crowned by Nike, standing right on column; in exergue, murex shell, altar, and palm tree. Rouvier 2493 var. (slightly different legends); BMC 453 var. (same). Good VF, green patina.

Ex Mūnzen und Medaillen AG 81 (18 September 1995), lot 754.