RPC IV.3, 5310 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5310 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year 189 (AD 186/187)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ΚΟΜΟΔ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντωνῖνος Κόμοδος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος) Κόμοδ(ος) Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Marcus Antoninus Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ(ΙΑ) ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩΚ ΠΡ ΠΟΝ ΕΤ ΡΠΘ
Edition Ἁδριανῆ Ἀμάσια μητρόπολις νεωκόρος πρώτη Πόντου ἔτους ρπθʹ Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀμάσια μητρ(όπολις) νεωκ(όρος) πρ(ώτη) Πόν(του) ἔτ(ους) ρπθʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, year 189
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.19 g
Axis 4, 6
Reference Rec 34 and 34a corr.; Dalaison 164-165
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. Krengel, Berlin
1 1     P: 104 Wa 13 = Rec 34, pl. V.1 = Dalaison 165c and Pl. 17 = SNG 914
2 2     P: 913 (ex Grand Duc coll.) Dalaison 163e = SNG 913
3 3     B: (Löbb) Dalaison 163b
4 4     R. Effler coll. (ex Savoca 204th Weekly Blue Auction, 30 March 2024, lot 232)
5 5     R. Effler coll. (ex Demos 16, 3 Feb. 2023, lot 622)
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1923 = Dalaison 164a and Pl. 17
7 7     ✸ Savoca Coins Silver 237th Monthly Silver, 27 Oct. 2024, lot 142
8 8     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.