RPC IV.3, 5313 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5313 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜοΔ ΑΝΤΩΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδ(ος) Ἀντων(ῖνος) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ(Ι) ΑΜΑϹ(Ι(Α)) ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩΚ(ΟΡ) ΠΡ Τ ΠΟ(Ν(Τ)) ΕΤ ΡϘ
Edition Ἁδρι(ανῆ) Ἀμάσια μητρ(όπολις) νεωκόρ(ος) πρ(ώτη) τ(οῦ) Πόντ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ρϙʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first city of Pontus, year 190
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.96 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 36(1)
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 105, slightly twisted = Rec 36, pl. suppl. D.10
2 2     O
3 3     V-ON Leypold I, no. 13
4 4     G: II, 216, no. 2 SNG I, no. 2182F, authenticity doubtful: cast
5 5     Prowe
6 6     ✸ P: 852 (ex Grand Duc coll.), reverse legend with ΑΔΡΑ{ΝΗ}(sic) instead of ADR
7 7     Mu: 3d (acc. 21545)
8 8     NY: 1944.100.41183
9 9     G. Hirsch 217 (27/09/2001), 1959, pl. 24
10 10     O