RPC IV.3, 6293 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6293 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΔΚϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων δκσʹ
Translation of the Gadarans, 224
Reverse design laureate head of Heracles (youthful) with lion skin knotted at neck, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.54 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 38, BMC 5
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 5
2 2     L: 1908-1-10-2458, obverse with cuirass only
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 38
4 4     J-SBF Spijkerman 38
5 5     J-SBF Spijkerman 38
6 6     ✸ P: 292
7 7     NY: 1944.100.69351 SNG 1310, obverse with cuirass only, date uncertain, in SNG date as 'ϚΚС ?'
8 8     NY: 1944.100.69352 SNG 1311, obverse with cuirass only, date uncertain, in SNG date as 'ϚΚС ?'
9 9     MMAG 29 (12/06/2003) 823, on reverse, era as year '226'
10 10     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 413, pl. XXV
11 11     Münster: M 5893
12 12     Münster: M 5894