RPC IV.3, 5286 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5286 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 165
Dating AD 162/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΩ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Μ(άρκῳ) Αὐρ(ηλίῳ) Ἀντωνίνῳ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΕΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ (Τ) ΠοΝΤ Ε(Τ) ΡΞΕ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀμάσ(εια) νεωκ(όρος) κ(αὶ) μητ(ρόπολις) κ(αὶ) πρώ(τη) τ(οῦ) Ποντ(οῦ) ἔτ(ους) ρξεʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, neocorate and metropolis and first city of Pontus, year 165
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing toga and holding scroll
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.59 g
Axis 4, 5, 6
Reference Rec 20a, Dalaison 86–93
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Prowe
2 2     B: Löbb. Dalaison 88a
2 2     P: 844 (ex Grand Duc coll.), reverse legend obscure, might belong to similar types https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/40307 or https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/40308
3 3     P: 894 (ex Grand Duc coll.) Dalaison 86f and Pl. 9
3 3     B: 1888/226 (gift of Mr. Martini), reverse legend with signs of tooling Dalaison 91a and Pl. 9
4 4     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1158 vA 6699 = Dalaison 90a
4 4     Boston: 61.1121
5 5     Bank Leu 54, 28 Apr. 1992, lot 255 = Dalaison 90d and Pl. 9
8 8     NY: 1944.100.41181 Dalaison 89b and Pl. 9
9 9     Bern: Righetti 543, reading of year uncertain, perhaps belonging to one of the similar types
10 10     V-ON Leypold I, no. 6 = Dalaison 86g and Pl. 9
11 11     Harvard: 2005.49 Hochard, Lydie 2050a (Elagabalus, alliance of Sardis and Ephesus)