Gordian III Æ 29mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Dated COS II = AD 241-244. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II PP, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL [IVL AVG FEL] BER, facing bust of Astarte within tetrastyle temple, flanked on each side by cornucopiae and aquilae; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreathes; pellet in pediment; dolphin in exergue. RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 6487; SNG Righetti 2254; BMC 231-4. 18.55g, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Scarce.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.