RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 76900)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 76900)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 208
Dating AD 205/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβα(στὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΝΤ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤ ΝΕ ΠΡΩ ΠΟ ΕΤ ϹΗ, ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟϹ Ο ΚΟϹΜΟϹ ΕΥΤΥΧΕΙ (between the columns)
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀντ(ωνινιανῆς) Ἀμασίας μητ(ροπόλεως) νε(ωκόρου) πρώ(της) Πό(ντου) ἔτ(ους) σηʹ Σεουήρου βασιλεύοντος ὁ κόσμος εὐτυχεῖ
Translation of Hadrianic Severan Antoninine Amasia, metropolis, neocorate, first city of Pontus, year 208, with Severus reigning, the world is fortunate
Reverse design lighted altar flanked by tree on top of base with two columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.44 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Dalaison, Amaseia 373-4
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1972-8-7-7 Dalaison 373c
    P: 150 Dalaison, Amaseia 373e and Pl. 40 = SNG 972
    Yale: 1938.6000.1211 Dalaison, Amaseia 374a and Pl. 40
    ✸ Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 - 6 Mar. 2023, lot 658
    Numismatik Naumann 136, 7 Jan. 2024, lot 336 = Numismatik Naumann 131, 6 Aug. 2023, lot 436 (ex Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 - 6 Mar. 2023, lot 657)
    Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 691