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LOT 2957

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46


Gallienus AE 28mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 253-268.

Struck AD 253-260. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL IVL AVG FEL BER (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus), Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding long cruciform sceptre and aphlaston, crowned by Nike standing left on column. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 62829; Rouvier 612-4. 17.36gr, 28mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.

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