Salonina, AE 25, 10.45g. Tyre, Phoenicia. 

Obv: CORNE SALONINA AVG, draped bust draped right, wearing stephane.
Rev: [COL] TER-O (sic)- METRO, Dido, wearing tall kalathos, 
standing right before lighted altar, raising both arms towards 
two-columned temple, seen in perspective, containing the club 
of Melqart-Herakles. 

Note: Reverse shows TERO instead TVRIORVM or TYRO. 
Rare, perhaps only 
the second specimen of this interesting type 
recorded for Salonina. cf Munzen und Medaillen List 453, March 1983, 55 
(different dies). BMC 490 var (Gallienus). Fine/VF.

Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection.

Estimate: US$200

Gemini, LLC Auction VI, 10 January 2010, Lot 786
Price realized: 600 USD + buyer's fees.

Courtesy of Gemini Auctions, June 1010.