210, Lot: 149. Estimate $100. Sold for $144. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 25mm (10.18 g, 12h). Dated CY 304 (AD 240/1). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche-Nysa seated right, cradling the infant Dionysus; [ΔT] (date) in exergue. Barkay 83; Rosenberger 58; Spijkerman 58. Good Fine, dark greenish-brown patina with earthen deposits. Very rare.