205, Lot: 330. Estimate $100. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 28mm (17.96 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Facing bust of Astarte within tetrastyle temple; statues of Poseidon and two figures holding wreaths on roof; lion advancing right in exergue. SNG Copenhagen 123; BMC 231-4. VF, green patina, earthen highlights.