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Auction #25
Lot Number: 62025
Estimate: $75.00
Final Sale Price: $46.20
Denomination: 24mm
Grade: Good Fine green-brown and earthen patina
Reference: BMC Phoenicia pg. 268, 365; Lindgren I 2367

  Phoenicia, Tyre. Civic issue. Æ 24mm (12.29 gm). Struck Year 321 (196 AD). Laureate
  head of Melquart right, with slight whiskers / Temple of the Phoenician Koinon
  (octostyle); date AKT in exergue. BMC Phoenicia pg. 268, 365; Lindgren I 2367 (this
  coin). Good Fine, green-brown and earthen patina. Estimate $75.

  The final quasi-autonomous dated coin, the colonial issues 
of Severus began in 198  AD.

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