The Ambrosial Rocks

374, Lot: 412. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (28mm, 17.17 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two baetyls (the Ambrosial Rocks) flanked by star and crescent and flaming incense altar and olive tree; in exergue, AMBPOCIЄ / ΠETPЄ in two lines above murex shell. Rouvier 2437; AUB –; BMC 429 var. (palm branches in exergue). Fine, light brown surfaces, holed and broken in antiquity.