161 AD - 180 AD

Decapolis   Gadara   Marcus Aurelius
Γάδαρα   Δεκάπολις   Μάρκος Αυρήλιος

 AE 23
 SHH 5612

5612 Gadara Decapolis-Arabia Marcus Aurelius AE

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 7.80 g   22.7-23.3 mm   2.1 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.1; rev. 6.2 MS/m
Laureate and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right;
AVT KAIC MAVP / ANTωNEINOC clockwise around; border of dots.
Fortuna (Τύχη) standing right, holding scepter and cornucopia, being crowned by Nike standing on column to her right; river-god swimming right below;
to left, small figure (Eros?) standing on short column; all within distyle temple;
to right EK[C] (year 225 = 161/162 AD);  ΓΑΔΑΡ upward to left; border of dots
?
ANS VI 1308 variant; BMC Arabia ---; Rosenberger 44; Spijkerman 38 inscription variant
Ex CNG 337E/250, 22.10.2014
Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 12.2018