255, Lot: 265. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (21mm, 4.86 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysos standing facing, head right, right arm resting on head, embracing satyr to right with left; to lower left, panther right, looking upwards; all framed by grape vines. Sawaya 2171 (OD381/R825); BMC 241-3; AUB -. VF, earthen black patina.