Rare Gadara Naumachia Medallion

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 823. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Medallion - 36mm (26.05 g, 12h). Dated CY 224 (AD 160/1). Laureate head right / ΓAΔAPЄωN/T[HCKA]TAIΓY/NAYMA, quinquereme with eight oarsmen sailing left; standing figure holding on to bowsprit under sail; gubernator at stern; ΔKC (date) in exergue. Lichtenberger pp. 191-3 and pl. 19, 7 (same dies); Spijkerman -; SNG ANS -; Meshorer, City-Coins 218 (same rev. die). VF, even brown surfaces. Very rare.