PHOENICIA, Sidon. Year 34 (78-77 BC). Ĉ 21mm (8.21 gm). Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled and turreted, and Zeus right / SIDWNOS QEAS, Phoenician galley sailing left; date L DL above, Phoenician inscription "of the Sidonians" below. SNG Copenhagen 221; BMC Phoenicia pg. 164, 137; Laffaille, "Choix de Monnaies Grecques en Bronze," 181 = Laffaille 588 (this coin). EF, brown and green patina with traces of red, exceptional style. ($500) Ex Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen und Medaillen Auktion 76, 19-20 September 1991), lot 588. Triton V Sale, 15 Jan 2002, lot 561. Used by permission of Classical Numismatic Group, www.cngcoins.com.