RPC IV.3, 5286 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5286 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΩ ϹƐΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝƐΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ(Τ) ΠοΝΤ Ɛ(Τ) ΡΞƐ
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing toga and holding scroll
Metal Æ
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 4, 5, 6
Reference Rec 20a
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Prowe
2 2     P: 844 (ex Grand Duc coll.), reverse legend obscure, might belong to similar types https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/40307 or https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/40308
3 3     P: 894 (ex Grand Duc coll.)
4 4     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1158 vA 6699
5 5     Bank Leu 54 (28/04/1992), 255
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
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, date worn, perhaps similar type <IdType = -145957503>
8 8     NY: 1944.100.41181
9 9     Bern: Righetti 543, reading of year uncertain, perhaps belonging to one of the similar types
10 10     V-ON Leypold I, no. 6
11 11     Harvard: 2005.49 Hochard, Lydie 2050a (Elagabalus, alliance of Sardis and Ephesus)