161 AD - 180 AD

Decapolis   Gadara   Marcus Aurelius
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις   Μάρκος Αυρήλιος

 AE 23
SHH 3133

3133 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Marcus Aurelius AE

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Donated
11.90 g   22.0-24.0 mm   3.3 eqmm   1:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.2; rev. 6.0 MS/m
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right;

[A]VT KAIC MAVP / ANTωONEINOC clockwise around
; border of dots.
Laureate bust of Melkart/Herakles right, lion’s skin tied at neck;
clockwise around, ΓΑΔΑ / [ΡΕωΝ
] ΔKC (year 224 of the Pompeian Era = 160/161 AD); border of dots
?

ANS VI 1310/1311; Copenhagen VII ---; Lindgren III 1311; Sear Greek Imperial 1676; Spijkerman 38
Ex Julia Nicol, 20.7.2007

Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018