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 Year 165
Dating AD 162/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΩ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Μ(άρκῳ) Αὐρ(ηλίῳ) Ἀντωνίνῳ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to 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 ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ (Τ) ΠοΝΤ Ε(Τ) ΡΞΕ
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 23.59 g
Axis 4, 5, 6
Reference Rec 20a, Dalaison 86–93
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Prowe
2 2     B: Löbb. Dalaison 88a
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.) Dalaison 86f and Pl. 9
3 3     B: 1888/226 (gift of Mr. Martini), reverse legend with signs of tooling Dalaison 91a and Pl. 9
4 4     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1158 vA 6699 = Dalaison 90a
4 4     Boston: 61.1121
5 5     Bank Leu 54, 28 Apr. 1992, lot 255 = Dalaison 90d and Pl. 9
8 8     NY: 1944.100.41181 Dalaison 89b and Pl. 9
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 = Dalaison 86g and Pl. 9
11 11     Harvard: 2005.49 Hochard, Lydie 2050a (Elagabalus, alliance of Sardis and Ephesus)