161 AD - 180 AD

Decapolis   Gadara   Marcus Aurelius
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις   Μάρκος Αυρήλιος

 AE 29
 SHH 3679

3679 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Marcus Aurelius AE

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 16.61 g   28.2-29.5 mm   2.9 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 11.9; rev. 11.3 MS/m
Laureate and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right;
[AYT] KAIC MAYP / ANTωNEI[NOC] clockwise around; border of dots.
Zeus Nikephorus enthroned within tetrastyle temple, head left,
holding Victoria in right hand and scepter in left; date SKC (= 162/163 AD) in pediment;
KCYP downward on left; ºIAAΓº upward on right;; ΠOM ΓΑΔΑΡ in exergue; border of dots.
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ANS VI 1309; Copenhagen VII ---; Lindgren II & III ---; Rosenberger 49;
Sear Greek Imperial ---; Spijkerman 3
Ex CNG 82/867, 16.9.2009
Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018