Gallienus AE 27 of Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: Gallienus, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Phoenician Queen Dido supervising the construction of of Carthage
with a city-gate and workman to her left.

Attribution: CNG Mail Bid Sale 47, #982; Price & Trell 748 variant.
See also Lindgren III 1479, Varbanov 4501, and BMC 470 (both of
Valerian) for similar reverse.

27mm, 14.86 grams.

The E in Gallienus name is inverted.

Contributed by John Noory, August, 2003.