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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6685 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6685 (temporary) |
Province | Arabia |
Region | Syria |
City | Gadara |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Issue | Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors |
Dating | 177–180 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Λ(ούκιον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Κομμόδον |
Translation | for Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Commodus (lightly bearded), right |
Reverse inscription | (ΠΟΜ) ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΓΜϹ |
Edition | Πομ(πηιέων) Γαδαρέων γμσʹ |
Translation | of the Pompeian Gadarans, 243 |
Reverse design | laureate head of Heracles (youthful) with lion skin knotted at neck, right |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 10.74 g |
Axis | 6, 12 |
Reference | Spijkerman 62 |
Specimens | 8 (4 in the core collections) |