RPC IV.3, 5297 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5297 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year 156 (AD 153-154)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ [ΤΙ?] ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡοΠΟ Κ[Α]Ι ΠΡωΤΗϹ ΤοΥ ΠοΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΝϚ
Edition Ἀμασίας τῆς μητροπό(λεως) καὶ πρώτης τοῦ Πὸντ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ρνϛʹ
Translation of Amasea, the metropolis and first of Pontus, of year 156
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 24.28 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 13, Dalaison 49
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 878, ex Grand Duc coll. Rec 13, pl. suppl. D.4 = Dalaison 49c and Pl. 5 = SNG 887