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Item Sold At Auction #25
Lot Number: 62060
Estimate: $100.00
Final Sale Price: $77.00
Denomination: 27mm
Grade: Good Fine grey and earthen patina
Reference: Cf. BMC Phoenicia pg. 277, 408 (Elagabalus) for reverse

Phoenicia, Tyre. Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Æ 27mm (13.57 gm). Laureate, draped bust
right / Male figure with spear, four stags running right; Murex shell in field. Cf.
BMC Phoenicia pg. 277, 408 (Elagabalus) for reverse; SNG Copenhagen -; Mionnet -;
Lindgren -. Good Fine, grey and earthen patina. Apparently unpublished in major
collections. Estimate $100.

None of the references listing this reverse make any attempt to explain the symbolic
significance of the allegory.


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