RPC IV.3, 5287 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5287 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝƐΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝ ƐΤ ΡΞΔ
Reverse design to l., Ares standing, facing, head, r., wearing military dress, holding spear, resting hand on shield; to r., nude Aphrodite standing, l., covering her breasts with r. hand and pudenda with l. hand
Metal Æ
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 18, GM 560, no. 3
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM 560, no. 3, pl. II.28
2 2     B: Löbb, reverse legend with ΝΩΚ(sic) instead of ΝƐΩΚΠ
3 3     ✸ P: 911 (ex Grand Duc coll.), reverse legend with ΝΩΚ(sic) instead of ΝƐΩΚΠ
4 4     CNG 51 (15/09/1999), 850
5 5     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 482, pl. 23
6 6     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 483, pl. 23, reverse legend with ΝΩΚ(sic) instead of ΝƐΩΚΠ
7 7     Bern: Righetti 542
8 8     Boston: 63.211