Dido Oversees the Building of Carthage

349, Lot: 324. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Trichalkon (29mm, 18.10 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dido standing left, holding transverse rule; to left, arched gate of Carthage on which mason sits and constructs; murex shell above; in exergue, man digging right with pick. Rouvier 2430; AUB –; BMC –. Fine, earthen green patina. Very rare.