CNG 90, Lot: 1126. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (27mm, 7.82 g, 11h). Dated CY 303 (AD 239/40). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Quinquereme with eight oarsmen sailing right; standing figure holding on to bowsprit under sail; gubernator at stern; ΓT (date) in exergue. Meshorer, City Coins -; Spijkerman 93 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 1332 (same obv. die). Near EF, muddy black-green surfaces with traces of olive overtones.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.