RPC IV.3, 10758 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 10758 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year 157 (AD 154/155)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗϹ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΝΤ Ε ΡΝΖ
Edition Ἀμα(σίας) τῆς μητρο(πόλεως) καὶ πρώτης τοῦ Πὸντ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ρνζʹ
Translation of Amasea, the metropolis and first of Pontus, of year 157
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 26.04 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 15 var., Dalaison Amaseia 56–57
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb) NZ 21, 17 = Dalaison 56a
2 2     Private coll., USA
3 3     ✸ Peus 366, coll. Marcel Burstein, 25 Oct. 2000, lot 480, pl. 22 = Berk BBS 130, Jan. 2003, lot 783 = Dalaison 57c and Pl. 6
4 4     O Dalaison 57a and Pl. 6