RPC IV.3, 5294 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5294 (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(Η) οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, 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 23.85 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 28, Dalaison 104-115, 119, 121
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979-1-1-1160 ex von Aulock 25 = Dalaison 114a and Pl. 12
3 3     Mu: acq. 1989/14
4 4     Mu Dalaison 110b and Pl. 12
5 5     MMAG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 328, pl. 17 = Dalaison 104a and Pl. 11
6 6     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 699, pl. 28
7 7     ✸ Goldberg 100, 5 Sept. 2017, lot 2193
8 8     CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 589 = Dalaison 112b and Pl. 12