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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Greek Imperial| > |Decapolis, Arabia & Syria| > RP89400
Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Philadelphia, Decapolis
|Decapolis,| |Arabia| |&| |Syria|, |Antoninus| |Pius,| |August| |138| |-| |7| |March| |161| |A.D.,| |Philadelphia,| |Decapolis|,
Philadelphia, Decapolis is today Amman, the capital and largest city of Jordan. One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, in the Hebrew Bible, it is called Rabbat Ammon. Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt, renamed it Philadelphia. The city became part of the Nabataean Kingdom until 106 A.D. when it came under Roman rule and joined the Decapolis.The Decapolis
RP89400. Bronze AE 27, RPC IV online T6636 (9 spec.); Spijkerman 17; SNG ANS 1387; BMC Arabia, p. 39, 9 & pl. VI, 7; Rosenberger 18; Sofaer pl. 160, 20, gF, attractive style, holed, bumps, scratches, obverse off center, Philadelphia (Amman, Jordan) mint, weight 6.863g, maximum diameter 26.5mm, die axis 180o, c. 139 - 150 A.D.; obverse AYT KAICAP ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, before him a small bust of Athena left wearing a crested Corinthian helmet; reverse ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEWN KOIΛ CYPIAC (of the Philadelphians in Coele-Syria), bare-headed beardless bust of Herakles right (with the features of Marcus Aurelius), lion skin over left shoulder; scarce; SOLD










OBVERSE LEGENDS

ANTONINVSAVG
ANTONINVSAVGARMENIACVS
AVRELIVSCAESANTONAVGPIIF
AVRELIVSCAESARANTONINIAVGPIIFIL
AVRELIVSCAESARAVGPIIF
AVRELIVSCAESARAVGPIIFCOS
AVRELIVSCAESARAVGPIIFIL
AVRELIVSCAESARAVGPIIFCOS
AVRELIVSCAESAVGPIIF
AVRELIVSCAESAVGPIIFCOS
AVRELIVSCAESAVGPIIFCOSDES
DIVOMARCO
DIVOMARCOANTONINO
DIVVSMANTONINVSPIVS
IMPCAESMAVRELANTONINVSAVG
IMPCAESMAVRELANTONINVSAVGPM
IMPMANTONINVSAVG
IMPMANTONINVSAVGTRPXXV
IMPMAVRELANTONINVSAVG
MANTONINVSAVG
MANTONINVSAVGARMENIACVS
MANTONINVSAVGARMENPM
MANTONINVSAVGARMPARTHMAX
MANTONINVSAVGGERMSARM
MANTONINVSAVGGERMSARMATICVS
MANTONINVSAVGGERMSARMMAX
MANTONINVSAVGGERMSARMTRPXXXI
MANTONINVSAVGGERMSARMTRPXXXPP
MANTONINVSAVGGERMTRPXXIX
MANTONINVSAVGIMPII
MANTONINVSAVGTRPXX
MANTONINVSAVGTRPXXIII
MANTONINVSAVGTRPXXIIII
MANTONINVSAVGTRPXXV
MANTONINVSAVGTRPXXVI
MANTONINVSAVGTRPXXVII
MANTONINVSAVGTRPXXVIII
MANTONINVSAVGTRPXXIX
MAVRELANTONINVSAVG
MAVRELANTONINVSAVGARMENIACVSPM
MAVRELANTONINVSAVGARMPARTHMAX
MAVRELANTONINVSAVGTRPXXXIII
MAVRELIVSCAESARANTONINIAVGPIIF
MAVRELIVSCAESARAVGPIIF

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