RPC IV.3, 6685 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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)

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