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 Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός 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 Ἁδριανῆ Ἀμάσια μητρόπολις νεωκόρος πρώτη τοῦ Πόντου ἔτους ρϙʹ 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 33 mm
Average weight 19.38 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 36(1)
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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
11 11     CGT coll. ex Naville 15, 7 June 2015, lot 228