307, Lot: 229. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (27mm, 1857 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two baetyls (the Ambrosial Rocks) flanked by star and crescent and flaming incense altars; in exergue, AMBPOCIЄ/ ΠETPЄ in two lines above murex shell. Rouvier 2437; BMC 429 var. (palm branches in exergue); AUB –. Good Fine, brown-green patina.