RPC IV.3, 17450 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 17450 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year 190 (AD 187/188)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Commodus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹΙ ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩΚ ΠΡ Τ Π ΕΤ ΡϞ
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Reference Dalaison, Amaseia 185
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Peus 360 (27/04/1999), 605, pl. 23
1 1     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Hirsch 159, Sept. 1988, lot 808; Münz Zentrum 66, Apr. 1989, lot 331; Savoca 125th Blue, 29 Jan. 2022, lot 497) = Dalaison, Amaseia 185b
2 2     Wendt-Numismatica 17, Hollschek coll., 22 June 1977, lot 209, pl. 8, under 'Adramyteum'