198 AD - 217 AD

Dium   Decapolis-Arabia   Caracalla
Δίον   Δεκάπολις-Αραβία   Καρακάλλας


 AE 25
SHH 3080

3080 Dium Decapolis-Arabia Caracalla AE

Parameter

Obverse

Reverse


Notes
Reference
Acquired
Donated to
14.07 g   24.6-26.1 mm   3.2 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
ρ = 8.46 g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 9.6, rev. 6.5 MS/m
Draped and cuirassed bust of laureate Caracalla right;
AV K M A[V] / ANTωNEI clockwise around; border of dots.
Hexastyle temple with central arch and pediment; eagle above arch;
flaming altar within temple; ΔΕΙΗN in exergue, [ωΝ] upward to right;
KOIC downward to left; Ο / C (year 270 = 207/208 AD) above; border of dots.
Unusually large difference of electrical conductivity between obverse and reverse.
ANS VI 1277/1280; Rosenberger 1/3; Spijkerman 1/3
22.6.2008

Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 26.1.2018