DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (28mm, 21.26 g, 1h). Dated CY 282 (AD 218/9). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΠΟΜΠΗΙΕωΝ ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΒΠC (date), galley left, with eight oarsmen and navigator at stern, standard-bearer at prow; all within wreath. Spijkerman 88; Rosenberger 80; SNG ANS 1330 var. (date); Sofaer 96. Earthen brown patina. Near VF. Rare.
From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.