SYRIA, DECAPOLIS. Nysa-Scythopolis. Gordian III, 238-244. (Bronze, 24 mm, 14.02 g, 12 h), year 304 = 240-241. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right. Rev. NYC CKYΘΟ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ / Δ-Τ On the right, Zeus wearing himation, standing facing, holding scepter in his right hand, his right leg bend and the infant Dionysos emerging from his thigh; on the left, Tyche as Nysa, wearing peplos and turreted crown, standing facing, holding scepter in right hand and the infant Dionysos in left. Barkay 93. Meshorer, City-Coins 114. Rosenberger 63. RPC VII.2 Online unassigned ID 2393. SNG ANS 1059. Spijkerman 57. Dark brown patina. Flatly struck. Very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, ex Sternberg 34, 22 October 1998, 276b.