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                                Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1229. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
                                2005. SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Gordian III. 
                                238-244 AD. Æ 25mm (11.94 gm, 12h). Dated CY 303 
                                (240/1 AD). Bidding Closed Estimate $200 

                              SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. 
                              Æ 25mm (11.94 gm, 12h). Dated CY 303 (240/1 AD). 
                              Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / 
                              Galley right; date in exergue. Spijkerman 93; SNG 
                              ANS 1332. Near VF, green patina. Rare. ($200)

                              At first glance, the appearance of a sea-going 
                              galley is an oddity on a coin from a land-locked 
                              desert city. But the Gadarenes never forgot their 
                              origins as a foundation by the great Roman naval 
                              commander Pompey, keeping the title Pompeion as a 
                              civic epithet. Other coins refer specifically to 
                              the naumachia, or naval games sponsored by the 
                              city, as a festival located on the nearby 
                              Hieromices (Yarmuk) River.








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High bid of $165, $189.75 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €133.65, £90.75, C$206.25, A$214.5, on June 8, 2005.

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