94, Lot: 124. Estimate $150. Sold for $198. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 28mm (18.19 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple containing facing bust of Astarte, steps leading up to temple; lion right in exergue. BMC Phoenicia pg. 86, 228-30. VF, attractive dark green patina with touches of brown. 

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 1116.