RPC IV.3, 25026 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 25026 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΩ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Μ(άρκῳ) Αὐρ(ηλίῳ) Ἀντωνίνῳ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΕΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝ Κ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀμάσ(εια) νεωκ(όρος) κ(αὶ) μητ(ρόπολις) κ(αὶ) πρώ(τη) Πόν(του) κ(αὶ) ἔτ(ους) ρξδʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amaseia, neocorate and metropolis and first city of Pontus, and of year 164
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing toga and holding scroll
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 24.29 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 20(2), Dalaison 78
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 94 Wa 9 = Rec 20, pl. IV.17 = Dalaison 78d
1 1     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Naumann 127, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 436)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.41180 Dalaison 78c
3 3     V-ON Leypold I, no. 5 = Dalaison 78e
4 4     Münzzentrum Rheinland 196, 21 Sept. 2022, lot 191 = Dalaison 78h
5 5     Peus 382, 26 Apr. 2005, lot 609
6 6     Eid Mar Auctions 15, 25 May 2025, lot 192