| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6673
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| Volume |
IV.3 |
| Number |
6673 (temporary) |
| Province |
Arabia
|
| Region |
Syria
|
| City |
Gadara
|
| Reign |
Marcus Aurelius
|
| Person (obv.) |
Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
|
| Issue |
Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
|
| Dating |
161–169 |
| Obverse inscription |
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕϹ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ |
| Edition |
Αὐτ(οκράτορες) Καίσαρες Ἀντωνεῖνος καὶ Οὐῆρος
|
| Translation |
Emperors Caesars Antoninus and Verus |
| Obverse design |
laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other; both wearing cuirass and paludamentum |
| Reverse inscription |
ΠΟ ΓΑΔΑΡ Ι Α Α Γ [Κ ϹΥΡ?] ΔΚϹ (date in pediment) |
| Edition |
Πο(μπηιέων) Γαδαρ(έων) ἱ(ερᾶς) ἀ(σύλου) α(ὐτονόμου) Γ Κ(οίλης) Συ(ρίας) δκσʹ
|
| Translation |
of the Pompeian Gadarans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, G(?), Coele-Syria, 224 |
| Reverse design |
temple with four columns enclosing statue of Zeus seated, facing, holding uncertain object (Nike or short filleted staff?) and long sceptre |
| Metal |
copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter |
30 mm |
| Average weight |
20.56 g |
| Axis |
12 |
| Reference |
Spijkerman 46–7 |
| Specimens |
5 (2 in the core collections) |
