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Coin of Gadara with bust of Lucius Verus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 161–169
Mint: Arabia: Decapolis, Gadara
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 29.5 mm. Weight: 11.43 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.301
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped bust of Lucius Verus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tetrastyle temple within which seated figure of Zeus left. He holds sceptre in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek at left, in pediment, at right, and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tetrastyle temple within which seated figure of Zeus left. He holds sceptre in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek at left, in pediment, at right, and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin 28, no. 24); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 11, 1964