RPC IV.3, 5299 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5299 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year 157 (AD 154/155)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗϹ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ Ε ΡΝΖ
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 15, Dalaison 53
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 91 Rec 15, pl. IV.15 (rev.) = Dalaison 53b and Pl. 5
2 2     P: 92, pierced Dalaison 53c
3 3     ✸ Peus 366, coll. Marcel Burstein, 25 Oct. 2000, lot 479, pl. 22 = Dalaison 53d and Pl. 5