PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (31mm, 23.55 g, 12h). VF.

Triton XXIX – Session 5
Lot: 5601. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (31mm, 23.55 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Astarte-Tyche standing facing, wearing turreted crown, extending her right hand to trophy to left, and holding transverse scepter; at her feet to left, Marsyas standing right, carrying wineskin over his shoulder with his hands raised; at her feet to right, murex shell; to right, Nike standing left on short column, crowning her with a wreath. RPC V.3 Online 69690 (this coin cited); Rouvier 2311; Dow, ACTTB, p. 54 (this coin) . Brown patina with green highlights, minor roughness. VF. Very rare, only three recorded in RPC.

From the Joseph A. Dow Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 873.

The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapter From Joshua to Solomon. CNG is pleased to offer coins from the collection of the author here, and in subsequent electronic auctions. In this session we offer 33 coins, many illustrated in his book and cited in Roman Provincial Coins Online. Many are the RPC Online Feature coin or Plated coin in printed volumes.

Closing Date and Time: 21 January 2026 at 13:20:00 ET.



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