RPC IV.1, 5450 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5450 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Issue Year 192
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας
Translation of free Amisus
Obverse design laureate head (youthful founder, assimilated to portrait of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar?), right
Reverse inscription ΡϘΒ
Edition ρϙβʹ
Translation 192
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.41 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1926-10-14-1
2 2     P: 1178A
3 3     ✸ Zeus Numismatics Electronic Auction 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 348