RPC IV.3, 25027 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 25027 (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 ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation 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 ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανὴ) Ἀμάσ(εια) νεωκ(όρος) κ(αὶ) μητ(ρόπολις) κ(αὶ) πρώ(τη) Πόν(του) ἔτ(ους) ρξδʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, neocorate and metropolis and first city of Pontus, 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 33 mm
Average weight 20.37 g
Reference Rec 20(3), Dalaison, Amaseia 70 & 72
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ H. Berk BBS 130, Jan. 2003, lot 787 (ex Peus 366, M. Burstein coll., 25 Oct. 2000, lot 484) = Dalaison, Amaseia 72a and Pl. 7