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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6680 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6680 (temporary) |
Province | Arabia |
Region | Syria |
City | Gadara |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Lucius Verus (Augustus) |
Issue | Marcus and Verus, co-emperors |
Dating | 161–169 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right |
Reverse inscription | ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ϚΚϹ |
Edition | Γαδαρέων ϛκσʹ |
Translation | of the Gadarenes, 276 |
Reverse design | laureate head of Heracles (youthful) with lion skin knotted at neck, right |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 11.10 g |
Axis | 2, 12 |
Reference | Spijkerman 56 |
Specimens | 6 (2 in the core collections) |