161 AD - 169 AD

Decapolis   Gadara   Lucius Verus
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις   Λούκιος Βέρος

 AE 24
 SHH 1846

1846 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Lucius Verus AE

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 12.06 g   23.5-24.7 mm   3.0 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 5.5; rev. 5.3 MS/m
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus right;
[AYT] KAICAP / Λ AVP OYHPOC (> 7:00) clockwise around; border of dots.
Laureate bust of beardless Herakles right, lion’s skin tied at neck;
ΠOM ΓA ¤ / ΔAP (> 7:00) [EKC] (year 225 of the Pompeian Era = 161/162 AD);
border of dots
?
BMC ---; ANS VI 1317; Copenhagen VII ---; Lindgren ΙΙ & III ---; Rosenberger 54;
Sear Greek Imperial ---; Spijkerman 53
Ex Busso Peus 384/909, 2.11.2005
Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018