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LOT 2956
Gordian III AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. Near Very Fine.(8.13gr, 21mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2956
Gordian III AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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