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<p>[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 3095847, member: 80147"]Just out of interest I noticed this coin in CNG eauction 421, in the same era as my OP coin and is a distinctive portable shrine.</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=360602#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=360602#" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/4210470.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><b>421, Lot: 470.</b> Estimate $300.</p><p>Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. <i>Gallienus. </i></b>AD 253-268. Æ (26mm, 10.37 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Portable shrine seen in perspective to right, containing facing cult object (bust of Astarte?); murex shell in exergue. Cf. Rouvier 2522; BMC –. Fine, earthen dark green patina, adjustment marks on obverse. Rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 3095847, member: 80147"]Just out of interest I noticed this coin in CNG eauction 421, in the same era as my OP coin and is a distinctive portable shrine. [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=360602#'][IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/4210470.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]421, Lot: 470.[/B] Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. [B]PHOENICIA, Tyre. [I]Gallienus. [/I][/B]AD 253-268. Æ (26mm, 10.37 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Portable shrine seen in perspective to right, containing facing cult object (bust of Astarte?); murex shell in exergue. Cf. Rouvier 2522; BMC –. Fine, earthen dark green patina, adjustment marks on obverse. Rare.[/QUOTE]
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