177 AD - 192 AD

Gadara   Decapolis-Arabia   Commodus
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις-Αραβία   Κόμμοδος

 AE 25
 SHH 2482

2482 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Commodus AE

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 7.74 g   22.3-23.3 mm2.2 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 4.8; rev. 5.4 MS/m
Laureate head of Commodus  right;
AYT K Λ ΑΡ / ΚΟΜ[ΜΟ]ΔΟΝ (> 6:00) clockwise around; border of dots.
Fortuna (Τύχη) wearing turreted crown, short chiton and boots standing right,
left foot on prow; right hand resting on sceptre, left holding cornucopia;
to right column surmounted by Nike holding wreath; ΓΑΔΑΡ upward on left;
ΓΜC (year 243 of the Pompeian Era = 179/180 AD) upward on right; border of dots
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ANS VI 1319/1320; BMC Arabia ---; Copenhagen VII ---; Lindgren II & III ---;
Sear Greek Imperial ---; Spijkerman 65
22.6.2008
Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018