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 Antoninus Pius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius
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 ΡqΒ
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.79 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 56
Specimens 9 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 311 Rec 56, pl. VIII.15
2 2     P: 1264 (ex Grand Duc coll.)
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     B: v. Knobelsdorff
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