Berytus. AE 18. Tyche/ Dolphin & Trident.

     An AE 18 of Berytus, Phoenicia, struck during 61/60 BC.

     References: BMC Phoenicia, p. 53, no. 13.

     Condition: Fine.

     Obv. Bust of Tyche right wearing turreted crown and veil. On neck,
     square countermark containing head and neck of bull; between horns,
     HP (or KP?).

     Rev. Dolphin entwined around trident, upright, between pilei of
     Dioscuri surmounted by stars; in field, LK.

Contributed by Online Store of the Forum Ancient Coins, Feb-16-04.