375, Lot: 108. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Dichalkon (29mm, 18.25 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Olive tree between the Ambrosial Rocks; murex shell in exergue. Rouvier 2437; AUB 262; BMC 430. Near VF, dark green surfaces, some adjustment marks on the reverse.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.