348, Lot: 568. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (27mm, 14.00 g, 5h). Dated CY 303 (AD 239/40). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Galley sailing right, with oarsmen and hortator at stern; ΓΤ (date) in exergue. Spijkerman 95; Rosenberger 90 var. (laureate); Sofaer 103 var. (same); SNG ANS 1332-4 var. (same). Near VF, rough brown patina.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.