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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26078814, member: 87809&quot;]And Gordian III also had war galleys <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> For coins of Gadara it seems the galley reverse type only occurred on the coins of Gordian III</p><p><br /></p><p>AE 24</p><p>Decapolis, Gadara (Umm Quais, Jordan), dated Year ΓΤ = 303 = 239 – 240 AD</p><p>12.004 g, 11h;</p><p><br /></p><p>RPC VII.2, 3625; Rosenberger 90; Sofaer 103; Spijkerman 93; SNG ANS 1337; Paris 309; Mionnet V, 54; Saulcy &quot;Terre Sainte&quot;, Chandon de Briailles 982-983; Sear SGI 3781.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: ΑVΤΟΚ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to r.</p><p>Rev.: ΠΟΜΠ / ΓΑΔΑΡЄ/ΩΝ (of the Pompeian Gadaraneans) war galley traveling to right, navigator at prow (r.) seven oarsmen, and steersman at stern (l.); (ΓΤ) (date, only the upper part is visible) below the galley.</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture courtesy CNG:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1661371[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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