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| Gemini, LLC > Auction VI | Auction date: 10 January 2010 |
| Lot number: 780 | |
| Lot description: Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE 30, 19.91g. Phoenicia, Tyre. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS - [PIVS F]EL AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: COL TY[R] - METR around, ΑΜΒΡΟCΙΕ / ΠΕΤΡΕ in two lines in exergue, Two baetyls (the Ambrosial Rocks) on separate bases, olive tree between them; murex shell to right in exergue. BM 430. Fine. Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection. "Among the most interesting types are the ambrosial rocks, AMBPOSIE ΠETRE, which appear to be two baetylic stones. These, according to legend, floated in the sea, like the sacred olive-tree which is represented with them. After a sacrifice had been offered, they came to rest, and the city was founded on them" (BM, p. cxli). Estimate: US$250 |  |
