293, Lot: 201. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (23mm, 11.12 g, 12h). Dated CY 304 (AD 240/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NVC/ CKYΘO/ΠOΛЄI/TωN IЄ/PA ΔT (date) in five lines within wreath. Barkay 92e (citing 4 for this variety); Spijkerman 62a; Rosenberger 52 var. (slightly different rev. legend). Fine, green patina, some earthen deposits.