RPC IV.3, 4020 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4020 (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 Π ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀμάσ(εια) νεωκ(όρος) κ(αὶ) Π(όντου?) μητ(ρόπολις) κ(αὶ) πρώ(τη) Πόν(του) ἔτ(ους) ρξδʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, neocorate, and metropolis of Pontos (?) 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 35 mm
Average weight 21.74 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 20(3), Dalaison, Amaseia 71
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     B: (Löbb) Dalaison, Amaseia 71b
3 3     vA 24 = Dalaison, Amaseia 71c
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41179 Dalaison, Amaseia 71f and Pl. 7
4 4     Private coll. Krengel, Berlin