RPC IV.1, 10802 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10802 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ [ΟΥΗ]ΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Verus Caesar
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design nude Harpocrates standing, facing, wearing tall headdress, raising right hand to mouth, holding cornucopia and chlamys; in left field, uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.10 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 82 var.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: Leake 1018, Asiatic Greece, p. 9.4, authenticity doubtful: cast