218 AD - 222 AD

Gadara   Decapolis-Arabia   Elagabalus
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις-Αραβία   Ηλιογάβαλος

 AE 23
SHH 5172

5172 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Elagabalus AE

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11.83 g   22.5-23.5 mm   3.2 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 5.9; rev. 5.6 MS/m
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right;
[AV K M ΑVΡ ANTωNINOC] clockwise around.

[ΠΟΜ // ΠHIEωN // ΓΑ]ΔΑΡΕωΝ // BΠC (year 282 of the Pompeian Era = 218/219 AD); galley left below; [all within laurel wreath, tied at the bottom, medaillon at the top].
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ANS VI ---; BMC Arabia ---; Copenhagen VII ---; Lindgren II & III ---; Rosenberger 81 variant; Spijkerman 87
Ex CNG 301E/205, 24.4.2013

Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018