RPC IV, 6506


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6506 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.3
Number	6506 (temporary)
Province	Arabia
Region	Syria
City	Abila
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντ(ωνεῖνος) Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription	ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϚΚϹ
Edition	Σελευκέων Ἀβιληνῶν ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου αὐτονόμου γνωρίμου? Κοίλης Συρίας ϛκσʹ Σε(λευκέων) Ἀβιληνῶν ἱ(ερᾶς) ἀ(σύλου) α(ὐτονόμου) γ(νωρίμου?) Κοί(λης) Συ(ρίας) ϛκσʹ
Translation	of the Seleucian Abilans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, honourable(?), Coele-Syria, 226
Reverse design	nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	11.10 g
Axis	12
Reference	Spijkerman 3
Specimens	10 (3 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: ex coll. Gaudin		24	11.65	12		Show
2	2	P: Y23879/264 (ex coll. Henri Seyrig)		24	11.67	12		Show
3	3	J-SBF	Spijkerman 3	23	11.16	12		Show
4	4	J-SBF	Spijkerman 3	22	9.89	12		Show
5	5	V: GR 21958, under 'Lucius Verus', first two letters of date obscure, thus attribution to this type not entirely certain		23	11.22	12	Obv.: GIC 16 (Heracles, bearded bust r.)	Show
6	6		CNG 27 (29/09/1993), 1321	25	9.68		Obv.: GIC 16 (Heracles, bearded bust r.)	Show
7	7		Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 387, pl. XXIII	24	9.74			Show
8	8		D. Lowe Coll.	24	11.70	12	Obv.: GIC 16 (Heracles, bearded bust r.)	Show
9	9		CGT coll. ex Naville 17, 20 Sep. 2015, lot 333	24	9.98	12		Show
10	10		CGT coll.	25	14.33	12	Obv.: GIC 16 (Heracles, bearded bust r.)	Show