RPC IV.3, 6690 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6690 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΓΜС (243)
Dating 179/180
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Κρισπίνα Σεβαστή
Translation Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΓΜϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων γμσʹ
Translation of the Gadarenes, 243
Reverse design head of Zeus (assimilated to portrait of Marcus Aurelius) wearing diadem, r; with traces of drapery
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.41 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Spijkerman 67
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 67
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 67
3 3     L: 1908-1-10-2462
4 4     P: 301
5 5     ✸ P: 1965/790 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 129 (08/03/2004), 1913
7 7     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 421, pl. XXV
8 8     Münster: M 5904
9 9     Münster: M 5905