Diassarion - Commodus ΠΟΜ ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΓΜϹ
Features
| Issuer |
Gadara
(Syria)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 179-180 |
| Value | Diassarion (⅕) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Brąz |
| Weight | 9 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 138765 |
| References | RPC Online IV.3# 6685 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , SNG ANS 1# 1318 Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. Augustus Spijkerman, Michele Piccirillo (ed.); 1978. The coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Franciscan Printing Press, Flagellation Monastery, Jerusalem, Israel. |
Obverse
(en) Laureate head of Commodus right
Script: grecki
Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Λ(ούκιον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Κομμόδον
Reverse
(en) Laureate head of Herakles right, lion's skin tied at neck; at end of legend, date
Script: grecki
Lettering: ΠΟΜ ΓΑΔΑΡEΩΝ ΓΜC
Unabridged legend: Πομ(πηιέων) Γαδαρέων γμσʹ
Mint
Gadara, Syria, modern-day Umm Qais, JordanComments
(en) Gadara (Hebrew: גדרה, Gadʾara, or גדר, Gader; Greek: Γάδαρα Gádara) was situated in a defensible position on a ridge accessible to the east but protected by steep falls on the other three sides. It was well-watered, with access to the Ain Qais spring and cisterns.
A member of the Decapolis, Gadara was a center of Greek culture in the region, considered one of its most Hellenized and enjoying special political and religious status.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Qais
A member of the Decapolis, Gadara was a center of Greek culture in the region, considered one of its most Hellenized and enjoying special political and religious status.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Qais
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (179-180) | (en) Rosenberger 65 | ||||||||||||||
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