RPC IV.1, 5330 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5330 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous'
Dating c. 161–180
Obverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας
Translation of free Amisus
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust (youthful founder, head assimilated to portrait of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar?), right
Reverse inscription ΡqΕ
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.05 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 56a corr., R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 129
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1178 (ex Grand Duc coll.)
2 2     V: GR 31184 R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 129
3 3     V: GR 31183 R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 129
4 4     ✸ Private collection William H. Stancomb, UK