RPC IV.3, 5287 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5287 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Edition Ἁδριανῆ Ἀµάσεια νεωκόρος καὶ μητρόπολις καὶ πρώτη Πόντου ἔτους ρξδʹ Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀµάσ(εια) ν<ε>ωκ(όρος) κ(αὶ) μητ(ρόπολις) κ(αὶ) πρώ(τη) Πόν(του) ἔτ(ους) ρξδʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, neocoros and metropolis and first city of Pontus, year 164
Reverse design to left, Ares standing, facing, head, right, wearing military dress, holding spear, resting hand on shield; to right, nude Aphrodite standing, left, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.52 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 18, GM 560, no. 3, Dalaison 67–68
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     B: Löbb. Dalaison 68c and Pl. 7
3 3     P: 911 (ex Grand Duc coll.) Dalaison 67c
6 6     Peus 366, coll. Marcel Burstein, 25 Oct. 2000, lot 483, pl. 23 = Dalaison 67e and Pl. 7
7 7     Bern SNG 542 = Dalaison 67a
7 7     ✸ Eid Mar 19, 17 August. 2025, lot 138
8 8     Boston: 63.211 Dalaison 68d