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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6659 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6659 (temporary) |
Province | Arabia |
Region | Syria |
City | Gadara |
Reign | Antoninus Pius |
Person (obv.) | Antoninus Pius (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus Pius |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass, right |
Reverse inscription | ΠΟ ΓΑΔΑΡ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹΥ ΓΚϹ (date in pediment) |
Edition | Πο(μπηιέων) Γαδαρ(έων) ἱ(ερᾶς) ἀ(σύλου) α(ὐτονόμου) γ(νωρίμου?) Κ(οίλης) Συ(ρίας) γκσʹ |
Translation | of the Pompeian Gadarans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, honourable(?), Coele-Syria, 223 |
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 | 31 mm |
Average weight | 20.88 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Spijkerman 31 |
Specimens | 4 (2 in the core collections) |