PHOENICIA, Tyre. Severus Alexander. As Caesar, AD 222. Æ (26mm, 9.00 g, 6h).

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Lot: 214.

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 75

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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Severus Alexander. As Caesar, AD 222. Æ (26mm, 9.00 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche-Astarte standing facing, foot on prow and placing hand on trophy, being crowned by Nike atop short column to right; Marsyas between trophy and Tyche-Astarte; murex shell between Tyche-Astarte and column. Cf. Rouvier 2413; BMC 419; AUB 257. Green patina with some earthen highlights/deposits, some light smoothing marks. Near VF.

Ex Phil Peck Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review (1991 Second Quarter, Vol. XVI, No. 2), no. 244.


Closing Date and Time: 4 December 2019 at 11:11:00 ET.

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