Bronze coin of Crispina from Gadara (GAD0102)
Dublin Core
Title
Bronze coin of Crispina from Gadara (GAD0102)
Description
Local bronze coin of Crispina, wife of the emperor Commodus, from Gadara (179/180 CE)
Source
Publisher
Spijkerman 1978:144-145, no.67; Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6690 (temporary #)
Date
Rights
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, 1965.790
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
GAD0102
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Broze
Weight (g)
4,44-6.89g
Diameter (mm)
17-20mm
Province
Arabia
Region
Decapolis
Era Used
Local Era (63/64 BCE)
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Crispina, facing right
Reverse Type
Draped bust of Zeus, facing right, wearing diadem.
Obverse Legends
KPICΠΙΝΑ CEBACTH (Crispina Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
ΓΑΔΑΡ ΕWNΓΜC (of [the people of] Gadara; date=243)
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
RPC Online (IV temp no.6690) notes that the reverse image of Zeus resembles Marcus Aurelius.
Selected Bibliography
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, 1965.790
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pg.1567 no.69).
Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/); [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6690/]
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press.
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pg.1567 no.69).
Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/); [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6690/]
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press.
Citation
“Bronze coin of Crispina from Gadara (GAD0102),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/59.