RPC IV.3, 6294 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6294 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription Πο ΓΑΔΑΡ(Ε)ωΝ(sic) Ι Α Α Γ Κ Ϲ(Ε)Υ(sic) ΕΚϹ (date in pediment)
Edition Πομπηιέων Γαδαρέων ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου αὐτονόμου Γ Κοίλης Σευρίας εκσʹ Πο(μπηιέων) Γαδαρέων ἱ(ερᾶς) ἀ(σύλου) α(ὐτονόμου) Γ Κ(οίλης) Σευ(ρίας) εκσʹ
Translation of the Pompeian Gadarans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, G(?), Coele-Syria, 253
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 10.93 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Spijkerman 51–2, BMC 6
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 6, pl. XXXVIII.8 (rev.) de Saulcy
2 2     P: Y23879/308 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     V: GR 21975, reverse double struck, reverse legend with ... Κ СƐΥ(sic) ƐΚС
5 5     J-SBF Spijkerman 51, pl. 29
6 6     J-SBF Spijkerman 52
7 7     J-SBF Spijkerman 52
8 8     Bank Leu 42 (12/05/1987), 364 = CNG 64 (24/09/2003), 727
9 9     Boston: 64.301
10 10     Numismatik Naumann 153, 1 June 2025, lot 444
11 11     ✸ CGT coll. ex CNG 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 225