191, Lot: 131. Estimate $100. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 28mm (10.91 g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Turreted bust of Astarte facing within tetrastyle temple with pellet in pediment; bust flanked by cornucopia and aquila. SNG Copenhagen 122 (same obv. die); BMC 236. Near VF, earthen green patina.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.