PHOENICIA, Tyre. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (30mm, 22.89 g, 6h). Struck under Philip I. Good Fine.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 183. Estimated: $ 300

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (30mm, 22.89 g, 6h). Struck under Philip I. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / The Building of Carthage: Dido standing left, holding a ruler and scepter, surveying construction; mason above gate, worker with pick-axe digging before gate; murex shell and palm tree to right of Dido. RPC VIII Online 26496 this coin listed; Rouvier 2454; BMC –. Red-brown surfaces, porosity. Good Fine. Extremely rare, one of three recorded in RPC.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection. Ex VAuctions 321/London Coin Galleries 3 (10 November 2016), lot 129.


Closing Date and Time: 22 July 2026 at 11:00:40 ET.



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