RPC IX, 1227

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1227
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Aemilian
Person (obv.) Aemilian (Augustus)
Issue Year ϹΠΔ = 284
Dating AD 253
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΙΜ ΑΙΜΙΛΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aemilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ, Ε ϹΠΔ
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 148
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1229/1–4, 1230/1–3, 1231/1, 1232/1–5.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1228 Rec pl. XI.4
2 2     ✸ P: 356
3 3     B: B-I
4 4     B: Löbb. KM p. 2, no. 5
5 5     Cop SNG 199