RPC IV.3, 25252 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 25252 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year 189 (AD 186/187)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜοΔο ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδο(ς) Ἀντωνῖ(νος) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩΚ ΠΡ ΠΟ ΕΤ ΡΠΘ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀμάσ(εια) μητρ(όπολις) νεωκ(όρος) πρ(ώτη) Πό(ντου) ἔτ(ους) ρπθʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first city of Pontus, year 189
Reverse design emperor (Commodus) on horseback, right, brandishing spear; before, lion jumping, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.05 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 31(2), Dalaison, Amaseia 154
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ Boston: 1984.772