RPC IX, 1229

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1229
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αἰμ(ίλιος) Αἰμιλιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aemilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ, ΕΤ ϹΠΔ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτ(ους) σπδʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 284
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.24 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 148c
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1227/1–5, 1230/1–3, 1231/1, 1232/1–6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1224 ex Grand Duc coll. = Rec pl. Supp. J.13 (corr. 15)
2 2     CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 298 = M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 251
3 3     ✸ Rauch 71, 28 Apr. 2003, lot 287
4 4     SNG vA 87