332, Lot: 222. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (29mm, 18.19 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Facing bust of Astarte within tetrastyle temple with acroteria; in exergue, dolphin right. Sawaya 2172-2183 var. (D382/– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG Copenhagen 123; BMC 231-4. Good Fine, earthen black patina.