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
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
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
Axis 6
Reference Rec 20(2), Dalaison 78
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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