344, Lot: 350. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (27mm, 17.58 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned facing bust of Tyche-Astarte within tetrastyle temple with two steps; shield in pediment; below, galley to right. Sawaya 2216 (D387/R850); BMC 235 (same obv. die); AUB –. VF, dark green patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits.