RPC IV.3, 5291 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5291 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡΩ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Λ(ουκίῳ) Αὐρ(ηλίῳ) Οὐήρῳ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΕΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανὴ) Ἀμάσ(εια) νεωκ(όρος) καὶ μητ(ρόπολις) καὶ πρώ(τη) Πόντ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ρξδʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, neocorate and metropolis and first city of Pontus, of year 164
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 34 mm
Average weight 25.57 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 27(1), Dalaison 103 & 120
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 98 Rec 27(1), pl. suppl. D.6 = Dalaison 103e and Pl. 11
2 2     P: 882 (ex Grand Duc coll.) Dalaison 103f
3 3     B: Fox Dalaison 103d
4 4     L: 1979-1-1-1161 (ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA), heavily tooled Dalaison 120a and Pl. 13
5 5     V: GR 32123 Dalaison 103g
7 7     Naumann 83, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 429
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1579 (ex Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1922)