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 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 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 12.76 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 22, Dalaison Amaseia 100
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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)