RPC IX, 1230

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1230
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 ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡ, ΕΤ ϹΠΔ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρ(ας) ἔτ(ους) σπδʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 284
Reverse design Helios standing. left, holding raising right arm and holding globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.77 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 147
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1227/1–5, 1229/1–4, 1231/1, 1232/1–6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1929,1013.492 ex Grand Duc coll. = Rec pl. Supp. J.11
2 2     B: Knobelsdorf
3 3     NY: 1944.100.41373