RPC IV.3, 25098 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 25098 (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 ΠΟΝΤ Κ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀμάσ(εια) νεωκ(όρος) κ(αὶ) μητ(ρόπολις) κ(αὶ) πρώ(τη) Πόντ(ου) 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 35 mm
Average weight 21.65 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 20(2), Dalaison 77 & 79
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 3, pl. I.14 (rev.) = Dalaison 77a and Pl. 8
6 6     Tokat: Inv. 80.9.15.3502 M. Amandry (ed.), Trésors et Circulation Monétaire en Anatolie Antique (Paris, 1994), p. 123, no. 5.1.3, pl. XXIX.5.3 = Dalaison 79a and Pl. 8
7 7     Tokat: Inv. 80.17.79.3606 M. Amandry (ed.), Trésors et Circulation Monétaire en Anatolie Antique (Paris, 1994), p. 123, no. 5.1.4, pl. XXIX.5.4 = Dalaison 77b