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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος 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 Ἀμασίας τῆς μητροπόλεως ἔτους ρνϛʹ 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 11.86 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 12a corr., Dalaison Amaseia 50–51
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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
5 5     CGT coll.