Details
LOT 3447
Gordian III AE 29mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 303 (AD 239/40).
AYTOK K MAΡ ANTW ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡЄWΝ, galley to left with captain, oarsmen, and steersman on deck; ΓT (date) below. RPC VII.2, 3625; SNG BnF 307. Near Very Fine.(13.92gr, 29mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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