RPC IV.3, 6663 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6663 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΠοΜ ΓΑΔΑΡ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹΥΡ ΕΚϹ (date in pediment)
Edition Πο(μπηιέων) Γαδαρ(έων) ἱ(ερᾶς) ἀ(σύλου) α(ὐτονόμου) Γ Κ(οίλης) Συ(ρίας) εκσʹ
Translation of the Pompeian Gadarans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, G(?), Coele-Syria, 225
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Zeus seated, left, holding uncertain object (Nike or short filleted staff?) over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.80 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 35
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-MJA Spijkerman 35, pl. 28
2 2     ✸ B: 1931/1172 A.E. Cahn 71 (14/10/1931), 1058, pl. 32