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Julia Maesa Ӕ27 of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-226. IVLIA MAESA AVG L(?), diademed and draped bust right / TVRIORVM, Dido (?) in galley standing left, holding cornucopiae and short sceptre (?) in extended right hand; helmsman bending over rudder to left and sailor to right, stern ornamented with shield on aphlaston, [two murex shells] below. Rouvier 2408. 16.09g, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Sand patina. Rare.
Whilst uncertain, G.F.Hill notes that this mythological reverse type may be identified with Dido (BMC Phoenicia, p. 277). Such an identification suggests that this reverse perhaps depicts Dido escaping Tyre and journeying to North Africa where she oversaw the construction of Carthage, as on other Tyrian reverse types.
Near Very Fine. Sand patina. Rare.
Whilst uncertain, G.F.Hill notes that this mythological reverse type may be identified with Dido (BMC Phoenicia, p. 277). Such an identification suggests that this reverse perhaps depicts Dido escaping Tyre and journeying to North Africa where she oversaw the construction of Carthage, as on other Tyrian reverse types.