RPC IV.3, 5289 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5289 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΩ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹ Τ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΤοΥ ΠοΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 24 corr., Dalaison 122-6
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 96 Wa 10 = Rec 24, pl. suppl. D.5, both incorrecly with 'ΑΜΑС[ ] ΠΡΩΤΗС ΠΟΝΤ ƐΤ ΡΞΔ' as reverse legend = Dalaison 122f
2 2     L: 1979-12-21-9 Dalaison 122d
4 4     V-ON Leypold I, no. 8 = Dalaison 125b
5 5     O Dalaison 122e
6 6     Hirsch 95, 1995, 341
7 7     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 611 (ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 14, Oct. 1998, lot 357) = Dalaison 122g and Pl. 13
8 8     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 594