Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 194 | Auction date: 20 August 2008 |
Lot number: 209 | |
Lot description: Roman Provincial PHOENICIA, Tyre. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 30mm (21.53 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Uncertain male figure standing right, holding chlamys and scepter; to right, four stags galloping right; murex shell below stags. Cf. Rouvier 2434; SNG Copenhagen -, but cf. 373 for similar reverse type of Tranquillina; BMC -; AUB -. Near VF, dark brown patina, some earthen highlights, adjustment marks on both sides. From the J.S. Wagner Collection. Estimate: $150 |