RPC II, 2093


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Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	2093
Province	Syria
Region	Syria
City	Gadara
Reign	Vespasian
Person (obv.)	Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue	Year 135
Dating	AD 71/2
Obverse inscription	ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition	Οὐεσπασιανός Καῖσαρ
Translation	Vespasian Caesar
Obverse design	laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription	ΓΑΔΑΡΑ, L ΕΛΡ
Edition	Γαδαρα(έων) ελρʹ
Translation	of the Gadarenes, of year 135
Reverse design	turreted Tyche standing, left, wearing long chiton and peplos, holding wreath in extended right hand and cornucopia in left hand
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	10.42 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	Spijkerman 26, Rosenberger 31–2
Specimens	30 (6 in the core collections)
Note	Coins 17–19 are countermarked on the obv. with a circular countermark = GIC 206, a Tyche? head, r. or a male head. The three look different.

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: Löbb.		24	12.34	12		Show
2	2	B: Löbb.			9.43	12	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
3	3	L: 1908,0110.2447			8.78	12		Show
4	4	P: 285			10.48	12	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
5	5	J-SBF	Spijkerman, pl. 27, 26		11.47	12		Show
6	6	J-SBF			11.47	12		Show
7	7	J-SBF	Spijkerman, pl. 27, 26a		10.23	12		Show
8	8		Rosenberger coll. = Rosenberger, Eastern Palestine, p. 40, no. 31		10.20	12		Show
9	9		Rosenberger coll. = Rosenberger, Eastern Palestine, p. 40, no. 32		10.20	12	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
10	10		Private coll. = Eastern Palestine, p. 40, no. 31		12.00		Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
11	11		Private coll. = Eastern Palestine, p. 40, no. 32		10.80		Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
12	12		Jerusalem, French Biblical and Archaeological School = Revue Biblique 65, 1958, p. 583, no. 90		10.27			Show
13	13	NY: 1953.171.1607	SNG 1300	23	10.84	12		Show
14	14	NY: 1944.100.69343	SNG 1301	23	11.08	12		Show
15	15		Schøyen VES 231		10.42	12	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
16	16		Schøyen VES 419		8.83	12		Show
17	17		CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 399		9.52		Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
18	18 ✸		Agora Sale 48, 12 Jan. 2016, lot 9611.55				Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.) ; weight given as 1.55	Show
19	19		Nomos obolos 13, 2 July 2019, lot 600 ex Nomos obolos 8, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 436		10.40		Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
20	20		A. Tricarico coll.	21.5	10.51	12	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
21	21	Münster: 1498		21	9.81	12	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
22	22	Münster: 1497		22.5	10.17	12		Show
23	23	IMJ	Sofaer 24	21.7	10.81			Show
24	24	IMJ	Sofaer 25	21.2	9.55		Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
25	25		CGT coll.	21	9.48	12	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
26	26		A. Tricarico coll.	21.5	10.51	12	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
27	27		Roma Numismatics EA 99, 7 July 2022, lot 683	24	12.32	12	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
28	28		CNG 519, 29 June 2022, lot 305	22	8.81	11	Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
29	29		Ira & Larry Goldberg 106, 4 Sep. 2018, lot 1429		10.31		Obv.: GIC 206 (Tyche?, head r.)	Show
30	30		Ira & Larry Goldberg 98, 6 June 2017, lot 1752	22	11.07		Obv.: GIC — (uncertain in circular punch) ; seems unlikely that cmk is GIC 206?	Show