177 AD - 192 AD

Gadara   Decapolis-Arabia   Commodus
Δεκάπολις   Γάδαρα-Αραβία   Κόμμοδος

 AE 22
 SHH 3084

3084 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Commodus AE

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 7.95 g   21.6-22.4 mm   2.4 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 7.1; rev. 7.0 MS/m
[AYT K ]Λ ΑΥΡ / ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ clockwise around laureate head right; border if 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; ΓΑΔΑΡΕ[ωΝ] 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