RPC IV.3, 5296 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5296 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑ Μ(sic) ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσα(ρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΩΚ(sic) 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, wearing military dress, holding spear, resting hand on shield; to right, nude Aphrodite standing, facing, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.28 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 25, Dalaison 102
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb, authenticity doubtful: cast? Dalaison 102d
2 2     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1157 ex von Aulock 23 = Dalaison 102f
4 4     CNA 16, 16 Aug. 1991, lot 319 = CNG 43, 24 Sep. 1997, lot 949 = Dalaison 102g and Pl. 11
6 6     Boston: 1970.430 ex MMAG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 327, pl. 17 = Dalaison 102e