217 AD - 218 AD

Decapolis   Gadara-Arabia   Macrinus
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις-Αραβία   Μακρίνος

 Tatradrachm / Τετράδραχμον AR 22
 SHH 3803

3803 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Macrinus Tetradrachm AR

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Donated
 12.21 g   21.7-22.8 mm   7:00 o'clock   VF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 12.5; rev. 12.0 MS/m
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right;
AVT K M OΠCE / MAKPEINOC C clockwise around.
Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak;
between legs, three Graces within laurel wreath; ΔHMAPX [EΞ VΠAT Π] clockwise around;
border of dots.
?
 ANS VI 1327; BMC Arabia ---; Copenhagen VII ---; Prieur 1607; Rosenberger 77/78;
Spijkerman ---
ERx CNG 225E/292, 13.1.2010; ex Mark Staal Collection of the Three Graces;
ex Garth R. Drewry Collection; ex CNG 136E/167, 3.2006
Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018