RPC IV.1, 5436 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5436 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ] ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ[ωΕΙΝΟϹ [ ] ΟΥΗΡΟϹ [?
Edition [---] Μᾶρ(κος) Ἀντωνεῖνος [---] Οὐῆρος [---]
Translation [---] Marcus Antoninus [---] Verus [---]
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing cuirass and paludamentum(?)
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑ[Ϲ]Τ[ΡΙΑΝ]ωΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design turreted Tyche(?) seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.34 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 121
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15342