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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 344Auction date: 11 February 2015
Lot number: 357

Lot description:


PHOENICIA, Tyre. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ (24mm, 11.76 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Tyche-Astarte standing facing, foot on prow and placing hand on trophy, being crowned by Nike atop short column to right; palm tree between trophy and Tyche-Astarte. Rouvier 2332; BMC –; AUB 214 corr. (mistakenly describes palm tree as Marsyas). Near VF, dark green-brown patina with earthen highlights.



Estimate: 100 USD