77, Lot: 92. Estimate $100. Sold for $98. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 27mm (15.17 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / Tetrastyle temple within which facing , crowned bust of Astarte, shield in pediment, on acroteria the rape of Beroe at center flanked by Victories holding wreaths, at temple base, three steps; Galley right below. BMC Phoenicia pg. 87, 235. VF, cleaned. Light golden patina. 

From the Patrick Cooper Collection.