301, Lot: 213. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (28mm, 17.20 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Astarte standing facing, crowning trophy to left and holding scepter, being crowned by Nike on column to right; all within hexastyle temple; in exergue, altar between palm tree and murex shell. Rouvier 2425 var. (rev. legend, palm tree and murex shell switched); BMC 424. VF, green patina, adjustment marks on reverse.