RPC IV.3, 6664 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6664 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜ ΓΑΔΑΡ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹΥΡ ϚΚϹ (date in pediment)
Edition Πομπηιέων Γαδαρέων ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου αὐτονόμου Γ Κοίλης Συρίας ϛκσʹ Πομ(πηιέων) Γαδαρ(έων) ἱ(ερᾶς) ἀ(σύλου) α(ὐτονόμου) Γ Κ(οίλης) Συ(ρίας) ϛκσʹ
Translation of the Pompeian Gadarans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, G(?), Coele-Syria, 226
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Zeus seated, left, holding uncertain object (Nike or short filleted staff?) and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.83 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 36
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     IAA Spijkerman 36, pl. 28
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.69350 SNG 1309
3 3     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 412, pl. XXIV
4 4     Münster: M 5892