PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (27mm, 13.81 g, 1h). IMP CAES LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, aegis on breastplate, seen from the front / COL PTOL, Tyche-Astarte standing left, holding cornucopia in left hand and rudder in right, being crowned by Nike standing on short column to right; all within hexastyle temple; in exergue, river-god reclining left. Kadman Akko 233 var. (bust type); Rosenberger -. Green patina, some roughness on obverse. Near VF. Rare and with an excellent reverse.
From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.