161 AD - 180 AD

Decapolis   Gadara   Marcus Aurelius
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις   Μάρκος Αυρήλιος

 AE 23
 SHH 3918

3918 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Marcus Aurelius AE

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 10.80 g   22.9-23.3 mm   2.9 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.7; rev. 6.9 MS/m
Laureate and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right;
[AVT KAIC MAVP] / AN[TωNEINOC] clockwise around; border of dots.
Fortuna (Τύχη) standing right, holding scepter and cornucopia, being crowned by Nike standing on column to her right; to left, small figure (Eros?) standing on short column;
all within distyle temple; to right [EKC] (year 225 = 161/162 AD);
river-god swimming right below; ΓΑΔΑΡ upward to left; border of dots
?
ANS VI 1308 variant; BMC Arabia ---; Rosenberger 44; Spijkerman 38 inscription variant
Ex CNG 234E/171, 9.6.2010
Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018