RPC IV, 5400


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	IV.1
Number	5400 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Amastris
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	c. 161–162
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Οὐῆρος
Translation	Emperor Antoninus Verus
Obverse design	bare head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition	Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation	of the Amastrians
Reverse design	eagle standing on line, facing, head, left, spreading wings
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	4.22 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Rec 86 corr.
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: 556	Rec 86, pl. XX.11 (rev.), obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius as Caesar'	18	3.93	6	Show
2	2 ✸	V: GR 15322		18	4.50	12	Show
3	3	Turin		18			Show