RPC IV.3, 5305 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5305 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year 165
Dating AD 162/3
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή Φαυστεῖνα Σεβασ(τή)
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right; to right, crescent
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑ Τ ΜΗ Κ ΠΡ[Ω Τ]ΟΥ ΠΟΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΞΕ
Edition Ἀμασίας τῆς μητροπόλεως καὶ πρώτης τοῦ Πόντου ἔτους ρξεʹ Ἀμα(σίας) τ(ῆς) μη(τροπόλεως) κ(αὶ) πρώ(της) τοῦ Πόντ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ρξεʹ
Translation of Amasea, the metropolis and first city of Pontus, year 165
Reverse design river-god (Iris) seated, left, resting right hand on prow, holding long reed, resting left arm on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.48 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 22, Dalaison Amaseia 100
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 95 Rec 22, pl. IV.18 = Dalaison 100b
2 2     Peus 366 coll. Marcel Burstein, 25 Oct. 2000, lot 485, pl. 23 = Dalaison 100e
3 3     Private coll. C.S. Okray 81 = M. Arslan and C. Lightfoot (eds), Greek Coin Hoards in Turkey (Ankyra, 1999), no. 850
4 4     V-ON Leypold I, no. 7, on reverse, era as year '165' = Dalaison 100c
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 377 (ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 13, coll. J.-P. Righetti, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 213 = Dalaison 100d and Pl. 11; Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 325; Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 953)
7 7     CGT coll.