RPC IV.1, 5397 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
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 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 Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design Apis-bull standing, right, wearing uraeus headdress
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.91 g
Axis 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Rec 83(1)
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 553 Rec 83, pl. XX.9
2 2     NY: 1944.100.41512
3 3     V: GR 15321
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     vA 6811
6 6     CGT coll. ex Themis 8, 18 Oct. 2020, lot 160
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll. ex Naville 39, 29 April 2018, lot 160
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 247, 10 March 2017, lot 4379
10 10     ✸ Nomos obolos 21, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 672