Ave!
Syria, Palaestina, Gordian III, Dionysus reverse, Scarce!
City of Issue: Nysa-Scythopolis! Struck ca. 240-241 AD.
Æ 24mm/11.3gm
Con/ Fine; black patina with orange sand fill
Obv/ ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ CEB; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear.
Rev/ ΝΥ ΚΥΘO ΙΕΡ Α?Υ, ΔΤ; Dionysus advancing right, holding thyrsus; in front, small Satyr; behind, panther standing left, head right.
Ref/ Barkay 86
