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Image of specimen #4 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6294 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 | 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 | 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 | 10.20 g |
Axis | 2, 12 |
Reference | Spijkerman 51–2, BMC 6 |
Specimens | 9 (4 in the core collections) |