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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6664 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6664 (temporary) |
Province | Arabia |
Region | Syria |
City | Gadara |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝοϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right |
Reverse inscription | ΠΟΜ ΓΑΔΑΡ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹΥΡ ϚΚϹ (date in pediment) |
Edition | Πομ(πηιέων) Γαδαρ(έων) ἱ(ερᾶς) ἀ(σύλου) α(ὐτονόμου) Γ Κ(οίλης) Συ(ρίας) ϛκσʹ |
Translation | of the Pompeian Gadarans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, G(?), Coele-Syria, 226 |
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 | 14.83 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Spijkerman 36 |
Specimens | 4 (1 in the core collections) |