RPC IV.3, 5300 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5300 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year 157 (AD 154/155)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡο ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗϹ ΤοΥ ΠοΝΤ Ε ΡΝΖ
Edition Ἀμα(σίας) τῆς μητρο(πόλεως) καὶ πρώτης τοῦ Πὸντ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ρνζʹ
Translation of Amasea, the metropolis and first of Pontus, of year 157
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.38 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 15a, Dalaison Amaseia 58
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 906 (ex Grand Duc coll.) Dalaison 58a and Pl. 6 = SNG 891