238 AD - 244 AD

Gadara   Decapolis-Arabia   Gordianus III
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις-Αραβία    Γορδιάνος Γ'

 AE 23
 SHH 3059

3059 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Gordianus III AE

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 10.30 g   22.0-24.1 mm   2.8 eqmm   7:00 o'clock   F   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.9; rev. 6.9 MS/m
Draped and cuirassed bust of Gordianus right, wearing radiate crown;
[AYTOK K K ΑV ΑΝ]ΤΩ ΓΟ[ΡΔΙΑΝΟC] clockwise around; border of dots.
Gallay with captain, row of oarsmen, and steerman on deck sailing right;
[ΠΟΜΠ] / [Γ]ΑΔΑΡΕ / ωΝ [ΓT, year 303 of the Pompeian Era = 239/240 AD) above.
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ANS VI 1332/1335; BMC Arabia ---; Copenhagen VII ---; Lindgren II 2214;
Sear Greek Imperial ---; Spijkerman 96
8.6.2008
Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018