RPC IV.3, 5297 (temporary)

 

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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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής 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 μητροπόλεως καὶ πρώτης τοῦ Πόντου ἔτους ρνϛʹ Ἀμασίας τῆς μητροπό(λεως) καὶ πρώτης τοῦ Πόντ(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

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