RPC IV.3, 5302 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5302 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year 156 (AD 153-154)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοc
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹ Τ ΜΗΤΡ ΕΤ ΡΝϚ
Edition Ἀμασ(ίας) τ(ῆς) μητρ(οπόλεως) ἔτ(ους) ρνϛʹ
Translation of Amasea, the metropolis, year 156
Reverse design serpent coiling on altar, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.57 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 16a corr., R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 127, Dalaison Amaseia 52
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 93, pierced, 5.62g, with traces of gold plating Dalaison 52b
2 2     ✸ V: GR 31619 R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 127, Dalaison 52d and Pl. 5
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 118, 15 Oct. 2002, lot 1708
4 4     O Dalaison 52b