RPC IV.1, 5329 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5329 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Issue Year 192
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription ΑΜΙΣΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας
Translation of free Amisus
Obverse design draped bust (youthful founder, head assimilated to portrait of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar?), right
Reverse inscription ΡϙΒ
Edition ρϙβʹ
Translation 192
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.88 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 56
Specimens 13 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 311 Rec 56, pl. VIII.15
1 1     P: 1178 (ex Grand Duc coll.)
2 2     V: GR 31184 R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 129
2 2     P: 1264 (ex Grand Duc coll.)
3 3     V: GR 31183 R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 129
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     B: v. Knobelsdorff
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 71, 28 May 2020, lot 158 = William H. Stancomb coll.
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     Prowe
7 7     NY: 1944.100.41334 (year uncertain)
8 8     NY: 1944.100.41335
9 9     C: 1948/171