RPC IV.3, 8002 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8002 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year 189 (AD 186/187)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩ(Κ) ΠΡ Π(ΟΝΤ) ΕΤ ΡΠΘ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀμάσ(εια) μητρ(όπολις) νεωκ(όρος) πρ(ώτη) Πόντ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ρπθʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first city of Pontus, year 189
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.18 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 35, Cop 107, Dalaison 171-172
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 15043
2 2     Ex private coll. A. Löbbecke
3 3     P: 1278 (ex Grand Duc coll.), under 'Neocaesarea'
4 4     Peus 366, Marcel Burstein coll., 25 Oct. 2000, lot 487, pl. 23
5 5     Cop: 107
6 6     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 60
7 7     V-ON Leypold I, no. 11
8 8     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 13, J.-P. Righetti coll., 9 Oct. 2003, lot 215
9 9     Leeds-UL: 1493 Glendining 08/10/1991, 1785 (part of lot), authenticity doubtful: cast?