PHOENICIA, Tyre. Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Æ

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Æ (28mm, 15.74 g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / The Building of Carthage: Dido standing left, holding a ruler and scepter, surveying construction; mason above gate, worker with pick-axe digging before gate; murex shell to lower left. Cf. Rouvier 2566; AUB –; BMC –. Dark brown to black patina with some light earthen highlights/deposits, some roughness. Near VF.

From the Judy Day Frink Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs.