RPC IV.3, 8070 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8070 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year 156 (AD 153-154)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹ Τ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ Ε(Τ) ΡΝϚ
Edition Ἀμασ(ίας) τ(ῆς) μητροπόλεως ἔτ(ους) ρνϛʹ
Translation of Amasea, the metropolis, year 156
Reverse design funeral pyre; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.37 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 12a corr., Dalaison Amaseia 50–51
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     B: Fox, obverse legend obscure, on reverse, date uncertain
3 3     ✸ Private coll.
4 4     Aphrodite Art Coins 13, 26–28 Aug. 2023, lot 472