RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 85980)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 85980)
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 ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔ ϹΕΥ ΑΝ ΑΜΑϹΙ[ ] ΠΡ Π ΕΤ ϹΗ
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἀντωνινιανῆς Ἀμασι--- πρώτης Πόντου ἔτους σηʹ Ἁδ(ριανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀν(τωνινιανῆς) Ἀμασι[---] πρ(ώτης) Π(όντου) ἔτ(ους) σηʹ
Translation of Hadrianic Severan Antonine Amasea[---], first city of Pontus, year 208
Reverse design temple on four steps with two columns enclosing altar on top on which coiled serpent with head erect, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.47 g
Axis 6
Reference Dalaison, Amaseia 413
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    Falghera 1533 and Pl. CLIV
    ✸ Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 - 6 Mar. 2023, lot 662
    R. Hoppensteadt coll.