446, Lot: 251. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (30mm, 15.10 g, 6h). Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Distyle shrine, containing facing cult statue, seen in perspective from left; in exergue, murex shell. Rouvier –; BMC 471; AUB –. Near VF, dark green surfaces with light earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.

Ex VAuctions 329 (6 April 2018), lot 374 (patina since altered).