RPC IV, 5397


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5397 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	5397 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Amastris
Reign	Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating	c. 144–161
Obverse inscription	ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition	Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation	Verus Caesar
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition	Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation	of the Amastrians
Reverse design	Apis-bull standing, right, wearing uraeus headdress
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	3.94 g
Axis	6, 11, 12
Reference	Rec 83(1)
Specimens	5 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: 553	Rec 83, pl. XX.9	18	3.75	12	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.41512		18	4.40	12	Show
3	3	V: GR 15321		19	3.30	11	Show
4	4	B: (Löbb)		18	4.52	6	Show
5	5		vA 6811	18	3.72		Show