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 (?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
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
Average weight 12.42 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1970.142.258