293, Lot: 199. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (28mm, 14.27 g, 11h). Dated CY 303 (AD 239/40). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Quinquereme with oarsmen sailing right;
gubernator at stern, standing figure holding on to bowsprit under sail; ΓT (date) in exergue. Spijkerman 93; Rosenberger 90; SNG ANS 1332. Good VF, green patina with earthen deposits. An attractive example.