307, Lot: 228. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (29mm, 20.13 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; small figure of Marsyas at feet to left, murex shell to right. Rouvier 2414; BMC 423; AUB 257. Fine, green patina.