RPC IV.3, 5301 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5301 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year 157
Dating AD 154/155
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹ Τ ΜΗΤΡ ΕΤ ΡΝΖ
Edition Ἀμασ(ίας) τ(ῆς) μητρ(οπόλεως) ἔτ(ους) ρνζʹ
Translation Amasea of the metropolis, year 157
Reverse design serpent coiling on altar, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.30 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 16, Dalaison 64
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Rauch Rec 16, pl. IV.16 = Dalaison 64b and Pl. 6
2 2     ✸ Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 481, pl. 23 = Dalaison 64c and Pl. 7
3 3     vA 6698 = Dalaison 64e