SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (27mm, 15.53 g, 11h). Dated CY 303 (AD 239/40). AVTOK K • MAP ANTω ΓOPΔIANIOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΠOMΠ/ΓAΔAPЄ/ωN, 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); CNG 90, lot 1126 (same dies). VF, dark green patina, light earthen encrustation in devices.
