RPC IV.3, 4879 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4879 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 165
Dating AD 162/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΕΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΞΕ
Edition Ἁδριανῆ Ἀμάσεια νεωκόρος καὶ μητροπόλις καὶ πρώτη Πόντου ἔτους ρξεʹ Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀμάσ(εια) νεωκ(όρος) κ(αὶ) μητ(ροπόλις) κ(αὶ) πρώ(τη) Πόντ(ου) 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 23.97 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 29, BMC 5, Dalaison 137–143, 149–151
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 99 Dalaison 149d
2 2     L BMC 5 = Dalaison 149c and Pl. 15
3 3     B: I-B Dalaison 140a and Pl. 15
4 4     B: Löbb, reverse legend with signs of tooling Dalaison 150b and Pl. 15
5 5     V: GR 37752
6 6     ✸ P: 865 (ex Grand Duc coll.) Dalaison 139a and Pl. 14
7 7     Yale: ex PRF Dalaison 149e
8 8     Bern: Righetti 544 Dalaison 141b and Pl. 15
9 9     C: SNG 4032 Dalaison 141c
10 10     CGT coll., ex CNG 249, 9 Feb. 2011, lot 247