Gadara in Syria, 240-241 AD., Gordian III, Æ 25, Spijkerman 93.

Gadara in Syria, Gordian III, dated city year 303 = 240-241 AD.,
Æ 25 (24-25 mm / 13,57 g),
Obv.: AVT K M AVP AN - TW ΓOPΔIANOC - CЄB , laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian right, seen from behind.
Rev.: ΠOMΠ / ΓAΔAPE / WN // Γ T , galley with navigator in stern, row of seven oarsmen and captain in prow being rowed right; Greek date numeral for 303 in exergue.
Spijkerman p. 152, 93 ; Rosenberger IV p. 49, 90 ; Meshorer - ; SNG ANS 1332-7 ; BMC - ; SNG Cop. - .

Gadara was one of the Ten Cities of the Decapolis. The current and most widely-used name, Umm Qais, is Arabic for "Mother of Qais," a modified pronunciation and spelling of the Roman name Caius. The ancient name Gadara appears to be Semitic. It is probably derived from the Hebrew gader (גדר), meaning "fence" or "border".
Located on a mountain summit about 6 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, was the capitol of the Roman province Peraea. Mark (5:1) and Luke (8:26-39) describe the miracle healing of a demoniac (Matthew [8:28-34] says two demoniacs) in the country of the Gadarenes. The Gadarenes remembered their origins as a re-foundation by the great Roman naval commander Pompey, who conquered the site in 64 BC. for the empire, keeping the title Pompeion as a civic epithet. Other coins refer specifically to the naumachia, or naval games sponsored by the city, as a festival located on the nearby Hieromices (Yarmuk) River or the sea of Galilee.