RPC IV.3, 5299 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗϹ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ Ε ΡΝΖ
Edition Ἀμασίας μητροπόλεως καὶ πρώτης τοῦ Πόντου ἔτους ρνζʹ Ἀμασίας μητρο(πόλεως) καὶ πρώτης τοῦ Πόντου ἔ(τους) ρνζʹ
Translation of Amasea, metropolis and first city of Pontus, year 157
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 26.11 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 15, Dalaison 53
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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