218 AD - 222 AD

Gadara   Decapolis-Arabia   Elagabalus
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις-Αραβία   Ηλιογάβαλος

 AE 22
SHH 3804

3804 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Elagabalus AE

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8.08 g   21.0-22.9 mm   2.4 eqmm   1:00 o'clock   F   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 5.9; rev. 5.9 MS/m
Radiate draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right;
[A]V K M[ΑVΡ / ANTωNINOC] clockwise around; border of dots.

The Three Graces, arm in arm, the first with head left, holding wreath,
the second with head left, and the third with head right, holding uncertain object;
ΓΑΔ on left, [ΑΡ] on right (?) ΕωΝ in exergue;
ΑΠC
(year 281 of the Pompeian Era = 217/218 AD) above;
?

ANS VI 1331; BMC Arabia ---; Copenhagen VII ---; Lindgren II & III ---; Rosenberger 87
Spijkerman 82/83
Ex CNG 225E/293, 13.1.2010;
ex Mark Staal Collection of the Three Graces
Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018