337, Lot: 265. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (22mm, 8.03 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus 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 2165-8 (D380/R824); SNG Copenhagen 124 (same dies); BMC 244 (same dies). Fine, earthen green-brown patina.