| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6674
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| Volume |
IV.3 |
| Number |
6674 (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 ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ |
| Edition |
Αὐτ(οκράτορες) Καῖσ(αρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Καῖσ(αρ) Οὐῆρος
|
| Translation |
Emperors Caesar Antoninus (and) Caesar Verus |
| Obverse design |
emperors Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, both wearing toga |
| 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 |
17.91 g |
| Axis |
12 |
| Reference |
Spijkerman 48 |
| Specimens |
2 (1 in the core collections) |
