RPC IV.3, 6292 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6292 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΓΚϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων γκσʹ
Translation of the Gadarenians, 223
Reverse design head of Heracles (youthful) with lion skin knotted at neck, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.76 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 32(1), BMC 4, Cop 450
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 4, pl. XXXVIII.7 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1908-1-10-2456
3 3     P: 290
4 4     Cop: 450, pierced, 9.24g, on reverse, date obscure
5 5     C: Leake 7763, Suppl., p. 54.5
6 6     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 411, pl. XXIV
7 7     ✸ Münster: M 5890
8 8     R. Effler coll.