Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 16.88 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ(ωΝΕΙΝΟϹ) (ΑΥΓ) (Ϲ may be inverted); laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ΕΚϹ; shrine with two columns enclosing statue of turreted Tyche standing, right, holding long sceptre and uncertain object; Tyche is crowned by Nike (on right) and rests foot on swimming river-god; group between two small figures on columns, extending arms

Museum: J-SBF: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Jerusalem (Israel) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Spijkerman 1, pl. 7 

Diameter:  27 Weight: 18.69   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 16.88 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ(ωΝΕΙΝΟϹ) (ΑΥΓ) (Ϲ may be inverted); laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ΕΚϹ; shrine with two columns enclosing statue of turreted Tyche standing, right, holding long sceptre and uncertain object; Tyche is crowned by Nike (on right) and rests foot on swimming river-god; group between two small figures on columns, extending arms

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1934-7-6-7

Bibliography: H. Herzfelder, RN 1936, 292, no. 1, pl. VI.8 

Diameter:  31 Weight: 17.15   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 16.88 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ(ωΝΕΙΝΟϹ) (ΑΥΓ) (Ϲ may be inverted); laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ΕΚϹ; shrine with two columns enclosing statue of turreted Tyche standing, right, holding long sceptre and uncertain object; Tyche is crowned by Nike (on right) and rests foot on swimming river-god; group between two small figures on columns, extending arms

Bibliography: de Saulcy 1$ 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 16.88 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ(ωΝΕΙΝΟϹ) (ΑΥΓ) (Ϲ may be inverted); laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ΕΚϹ; shrine with two columns enclosing statue of turreted Tyche standing, right, holding long sceptre and uncertain object; Tyche is crowned by Nike (on right) and rests foot on swimming river-god; group between two small figures on columns, extending arms

Museum: J-SBF: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Jerusalem (Israel) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Spijkerman 1$ 

Diameter:  27 Weight: 14.81   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 12.82 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ [ΚΟΙ ϹΥ] ΕΚ[Ϲ]; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1931-6-3-13

Diameter:  25 Weight: 12.44   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 12.82 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ [ΚΟΙ ϹΥ] ΕΚ[Ϲ]; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Museum: Münster: Universität Münster (Germany) Inventory: M 5801

Diameter:  26 Weight: 13.2   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.15 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ [ΑΥΓ?]; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ Α(or Β?)ΛϹ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1999.32.71, under 'Lucius Verus'

Diameter:  24 Weight: 8.99   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.15 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ [ΑΥΓ?]; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ Α(or Β?)ΛϹ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1928-5-10-2, reading of date not entirely certain

Diameter:  25 Weight: 11.31   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.84 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϚΚϹ ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: ex coll. Gaudin

Diameter:  24 Weight: 11.65   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.84 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϚΚϹ ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: Y23879/264 (ex coll. Henri Seyrig)

Diameter:  24 Weight: 11.67   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.84 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϚΚϹ ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Museum: J-SBF: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Jerusalem (Israel) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Spijkerman 3 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 11.16   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.84 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϚΚϹ ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Museum: J-SBF: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Jerusalem (Israel) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Spijkerman 3 

Diameter:  22 Weight: 9.89   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.84 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϚΚϹ ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 21958, under 'Lucius Verus', first two letters of date obscure, thus attribution to this type not entirely certain

Diameter:  23 Weight: 11.22   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.84 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϚΚϹ ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Bibliography: CNG 27 (29/09/1993), 1321 

Diameter:  25 Weight: 9.68  

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.84 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϚΚϹ ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Bibliography: Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 387, pl. XXIII 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 9.74  

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 10.84 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right

Reverse: ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϚΚϹ ; nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock

Bibliography: D. Lowe Coll. 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 11.7   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 7.39 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ϹΕΛΕΥΚ ΑΒΙΛΑ ΛϹ; turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right

Museum: J-SBF: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Jerusalem (Israel) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Spijkerman 2, pl. 7 

Diameter:  21 Weight: 6.67   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 7.39 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ϹΕΛΕΥΚ ΑΒΙΛΑ ΛϹ; turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right

Museum: Münster: Universität Münster (Germany) Inventory: M 5800

Diameter:  23 Weight: 8.1   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 1.88 g (2)

Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, right

Reverse: ϹΕΛ ΑΒΙΛΑΕωΝ; bunch of grapes

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: Dressel bequest, 1921, under 'Abila'

Diameter:  14 Weight: 1.86   Axis: 12 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)

City: Abila Region: Syria Province: Arabia

Denomination: Æ; 1.88 g (2)

Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, right

Reverse: ϹΕΛ ΑΒΙΛΑΕωΝ; bunch of grapes

Bibliography: Berk Buy or Bid Sale 202, 26 Oct. 2017, lot 332 

Diameter:  14 Weight: 1.9