356, Lot: 379. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Chalkous (22mm, 7.74 g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing left, holding rhyton and filleted thyrsus; to left, panther springing left. Cf. Sawaya 2083-4 (D380/R802 [unlisted die combination]); Rouvier 604bis. Near VF, earthen brown patina.