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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 6Auction date: 22 February 2014
Lot number: 291

Lot description:


Gordian III Æ28 of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 238-244. Laureate and draped bust right / Dido building Carthage; she stands to front before the arched gate of the city, looking left, holding a rule and transverse sceptre; above the gate, a mason at work, below, a man digging with pick; in right field, murex shell and palm tree. SNG Copenhagen 372; BMC -. 19.76g, 28mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Rare.

Estimate: 100 GBP