RPC IV.1, 8420 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8420 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (?)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design shrine with two columns enclosing statue of nude Dionysus standing, facing, head, left, holding cantharus(?) over altar and short thyrsus(?); shrine with vines
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1970.142.258