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Image of specimen #7 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6676 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6676 (temporary) |
Province | Arabia |
Region | Syria |
City | Gadara |
Reign | Antoninus Pius |
Person (obv.) | Marcus Aurelius (Caesar) |
Dating | 159/60 |
Obverse inscription | ΟΥΗΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΥΙΟϹ |
Edition | Οὐηρ(ὸς) Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστοῦ) υἰὸς |
Translation | Verus Caesar, son of Augustus |
Obverse design | bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short - medium length beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right |
Reverse inscription | ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΓΚϹ |
Edition | Γαδαρέων γκσʹ |
Translation | of the Gadarenians, 223 |
Reverse design | turreted Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding long sceptre and cornucopia; Tyche resting foot on swimming river-god; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 22 mm |
Average weight | 8.59 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Spijkerman 50 corr., Spijkerman Suppl. 34a corr. |
Specimens | 7 (2 in the core collections) |