RPC IV.3, 5289 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5289 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΩ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Λ(ουκίῳ) Αὐρ(ηλίῳ) Οὐήρῳ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹ Τ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΤοΥ ΠοΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Edition Ἀμασ(είας) τ(ῆς) μητ(ροπόλεως) κ(αὶ) πρώ(της) τοῦ Πόντ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ρξδʹ
Translation of Amasea, the metropolis and first city of Pontus, year 164
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.71 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 24 corr., Dalaison 122-6
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 96 Wa 10 = Rec 24, pl. suppl. D.5, both incorrecly with 'ΑΜΑС[ ] ΠΡΩΤΗС ΠΟΝΤ ƐΤ ΡΞΔ' as reverse legend = Dalaison 122f
2 2     L: 1979-12-21-9 Dalaison 122d
4 4     V-ON Leypold I, no. 8 = Dalaison 125b
5 5     O Dalaison 122e
6 6     Hirsch 95, 1995, 341
7 7     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 611 (ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 14, Oct. 1998, lot 357) = Dalaison 122g and Pl. 13
8 8     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 594