– The funerary epigraph which is the subject of this paper is currently in the Jordan Ahli Bank Numismatic Museum in Amman. Although there is no specific evidence of its origin, its epigraphic formulas allow us to consider that the piece can come from the site of Zoara (or Zoora; Ghor es-Safi, south-east of the Dead Sea).
The aim of this paper is to bring to light and edit two Byzantine funerary inscriptions from El‐ʿAynūn (Kerak Governorate; Southern Jordan). The first one is perhaps dated in the year 485–486 AD [year 380 EPA]; the second one, although not dated, probably belongs to the same period, ranging between the fifth and the sixth century AD.
El propósito del presente trabajo es dar a conocer, editar y contextualizar una nueva inscripción latina procedente de Gharandal (la antigua Arindela de la provincia romana de Arabia Petraea, en la actual provincia jordana de al-Tafilah). La pieza, probablemente del siglo II d. C., es la lápida funeraria de un tal Sprato, un desconocido soldado de una cohors Ulp(ia) mil(iaria), que no resulta fácil de identificar con el resto de las cohortes Ulpiae que conocemos a través de los testimonios epigráficos. El interés de la inscripción no sólo se debe a que amplía el breve catálogo de la epigrafía latina de la zona, sino sobre todo al hecho de que contribuye a aumentar nuestro conocimiento de la ocupación militar romana de la zona en la primera mitad del siglo II d. C.
This is the first study of a unique private collection of coins belonging to Roman empresses. The collection includes silver and bronze/copper coins bearing inscriptions, pictures, symbols, and monograms. These coins have significant artistic implications as they represent unique Roman styles and types, and some of them are rare. The time frame of the existence and usage of the study sample extends from the beginning of the first century A.D. to the beginning of the fourth century A.D., concurrent with the emergence of the Roman Empire and the height of its expansion and prosperity. The study also seeks to discuss the reasons these coins depicting the empresses were produced; for example, the marriage of Marcus Aurelius with the emperor's daughter, Faustina the Younger-the coins attesting the desire for the continuation of the dynasty and celebrating the beginning of a new Saeculum Aureum. The coinage also reflects the joint rule of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus until 169 A.D., when Faustina II and Lucilla were depicted. Homonoia and the victory over Armenia were also depicted, and the decades are celebrated. We also discuss the possible reasons for the deterioration of bronze coinage in the second half of 2nd century A.D. and the reasons that led to a substantial increase in coinage in the name of Augusta at the end of Hadrian's reign.
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