RPC IV.1, 4886 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4886 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design galley with rowers, left; on stern, two standards; on stern-wing(?), bird (raven?) standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.92 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 90, BMC 24
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 24