RPC IV.3, 6664 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
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)
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
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 36
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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