RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 82843)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 82843)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 245
Dating AD 213/14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ϹΜΕ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους σμεʹ Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους σμεʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 245
Reverse design emperor on horseback galloping right, hurling spear at enemy seated on ground below horse, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.81 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 123 corr., Malloy 174 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rec illustrated this coin while describing the emperor hurling spear at lion. Though the date cannot be read, the obverse die link with other coins dated Year 246 makes it likely that this type also dates from Year 246.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ C: CM.LK.1040-R Rec 123 and Pl. X, 9 (rev.)