RPC IV.1, 4884 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4884 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription οΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lightly bearded) with traces of drapery(?), right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design Hygieia standing, left, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.85 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 80(1)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 551 Rec 80, pl. XX.7 (rev.)
2 2     Turin might belong to similar types https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/35475, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/35483 or https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/35552
3 3     Milan