ORC5747 Gordian III AE30 Tyre VF

$305.00
May-23-02
oldromancoinsORC5747 Gordian III AE30 Tyre VF

Gordian III, AE30, (18.44g) Tyre, Phoenicia, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS F L AVG
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / COL T YR ME TRO Astarte
standing left hand on trophy of arms, Nike on column crowning her from
behind, small figure of Marsyas and palm tree between Astarte and trophy,
murex shell between Astarte and Nike. 
BMC 423 var. (no palm tree); Babelon 2263 var (ditto); 
Rouvier 2423 var (ditto).
VF, dark patina. 
Ex-Marcel Burstein collection.