RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 82851)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 82851)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 248
Dating AD 216/17
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) 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 ΕΛΕΥΘ ΕΤ ϹΜΗ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθ(έρας) ἔτ(ους) σμηʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 248
Reverse design head of Dionysus (youthful) wearing ivy wreath, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 9, 11, 12
Reference Rec 122, Malloy 173
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: Grand Duc 1191 SNG 1578
    ✸ P: 1256 SNG 1579
    V: GR 17522 Rec 122 and Pl. X, 7 (rev.)
    Egger, Prowe coll., 1904, lot 440
    MM Numismatics I, 7 Dec. 1997, lot 175 (ex Sternberg, 29 Nov. 1974, lot 171)