RPC IV.3, 5445 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5445 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year 190 (AD 187/188)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔ ΑΝΤΩΝ ϹΕ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδ(ος) Ἀντων(ῖνος) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Commodus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹΙΑ ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩΚ ΠΡ Τ ΠΝΟ (sic) ΕΤ ΡϘ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀμάσια μητρ(όπολις) νεωκ(όρος) πρώ(τη) τ(οῦ) Π<ο>ν{ο}(τοῦ) ἔτ(ους) ρϙʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first city of Pontus, year 190
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.69 g
Axis 6
Reference Dalaison, Amaseia 173
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979-1-1-1162 vA 27 = Dalaison, Amaseia 173c
2 2     P: 106, clipped, 17.54g Dalaison, Amaseia 173d
3 3     P: 875 (ex Grand Duc coll.), broken, 22.63g Dalaison, Amaseia 173e
4 4     Peus 366, Burstein coll., 25 Oct. 2000, lot 488 = Dalaison, Amaseia 173g
6 6     V-ON Leypold I, no. 12 = Dalaison, Amaseia 176a
7 7     D. Lowe coll.
8 8     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Savoca 204th Weekly Blue Auction, 30 March 2024, lot 233)