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Ancient Coinage of Pontos, Amaseia

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
SNG BMC 1046Pontus, Amaseia AE 17mm. ca 120-100 BC. Winged young head right / Cornucopiae between caps of the Dioskouroi. SNG Stancomb 655. TextImage
SNG BM 1051Amaseia, Pontus, AE23, ca. 120 BC. Helmeted head of Ares right / AMAS-SE[IAS], Sword in sheath. SNG Black Sea 1051; BMC 1; Rec. Gen. 3.TextImage
TRAJAN
Lindgren 133Trajan AE20 of Amasia, Pontus. 112-113 AD. AU NER TRAIANOS KAIS SEB GER DAKIKOC, laureate head right / AMASEWN ETOUS EIR, altar. Lindgren 133.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
RecGen 16Antoninus Pius, AE27, Amasea, Pontus. AV KAI ANTWNINOS, laureate head right / AMAS MHTR ET PNZ (in ex.), serpent coiling left on altar. Rec Gen 16.TextImage
LindgrenIII 134Antoninus Pius AE 35mm of Amasia in Pontos. Dated year 157=155 AD. ANTONEINOC AVT K T AIL ADP, laureate head right / AMASHC MHTP OKAI P PWT I.. TO.. ET PNZ in ex. Hades-Serapis seated left, holding sceptre, right hand extended to Kerberos crouching at his feet. TextImage
Dalaison 51Antonius Pius AE 27mm of Amaseia, Pontos. AUT K AIL ADR ANTWNEINOC, laureate head right / AMAC T METRWPOLEWC, altar of Zeus Stratios with tree to left, ET PN and Fi-like monogram in exergue. Dalaison 51.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
RecGen 18Marcus Aurelius AE34 of Amaisa, Pontus, AVT KAIC M AYP ANTWNINW CEB, laureate draped bust right / ADP AMAC NEWK K MHT K PRW PONT, standing figures of Ares & Aphrodite standing facing.TextImage
SNG von Aulock 26Marcus Aurelius, Amaseia, Pontus. 161-180 AD. KAIC M AVP ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped bust right / AMAC T MHT K PRWTOU PONT, ETP-ZE, Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae.TextImage
LUCIUS VERUS
BMC 5 Lucius Verus, AE34 of Amaseia, Pontus, AVT KAICAP IOVHPOC CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / Aurelius and Verus standing, facing, clasping right hands. TextImage
RecGen 24Lucius Verus, AE of Amaseia, Pontus. 12.61 g. Dated 164 AD. AVT KAIC L AVR OVHRW CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right / AMAS T MHT K PRO TOY PONT ET RXD, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RPC online 3411. Dalaison 122 g (D 46/R 100; this coin); RecGen 24.TextImage
RecGen 28 varLucius Verus, AE of Amaseia, Pontus, 24.22 gr. Dated 164 AD. AYT KAIC L AUR OUHRW CEB, laureate head right / ADR AMAC NEWK K MHT K PRW PON around, year ET RXD below, Marcus Aurelius standing right, clasping hands with Lucius Verus, standing left, both holding scrolls. RecGen 28 var (obv. legend); Lindgren I 11 var (ditto).TextImage
SNGvA 23 Lucius Verus AE 33mm of Amaseia in Pontos. Laureate & cuirassed bust right / Ares, armored, and nude Aphrodite, standing facing. TextImage
SNGvA 24 Lucius Verus AE35 of Amasia, Pontus, AVT KAICAP AVP VHPOC CEB Laureate bust of Verus right / Aurelius and Verus standing, facing, clasping right hands. TextImage
SNGvA 25 Lucius Verus AE 34mm of Pontus, Amaseia. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Verus right / Marcus Aurelius and Verus standing vis à vis clasping hands. BMC Pontus 5. TextImage
COMMODUS
Waddington 32Commodus AE 32mm of Amaseia, Pontos. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing atop altar next to tree; above, Helios(?) in quadriga facing.TextImage
SNG von Aulock 27Commodus AE33 of Pontus, Amasiea. Dated Year 189 = 184-185 AD. M AVP KOMOD ANTWNINOC, laureate & cuirassed bust right / ADF AMAC MHTP NEWK PR PON, Tyche standing left holding rudder & cornucopiae, date ET-PPQ at feet. SNGvA 27, SGI 1942 var.TextObvRev
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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
SNG vA 28Septimius Severus AE26 of Pontus, Amasia. Bust right / Eagle on altar.TextImage
SNGvA 28Septimius Severus. AE28. Pontus, Amasia. AVK L CEP CE-VHROC CEB, laureate, draped bust right / ADECUANI..MHT... ET CH in ex. Eagle standing facing, wings spread, on altar of Zeus Stratios with tree at left. TextImage
CARACALLA
BMC 30Caracalla AE 32 of Amaseia, Pontos. Year 207. AV KAI M AVP ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / ADP CEV ANT AMACIAC (...), Altar of Zeus Stratios, with a tree at left, date ET CH in ex. SNG Copenhagen 112.TextImage
Dalaison 418Caracalla, AE23-AE26 of Amaseia, Pontus. 198-217 AD. Dated CY 208 (AD 206/7). AY K M AVR ANTWNINOC, radiate head right / AD CE ANT AMACIA MH NE PR P ET CH, Coiled serpent left on garlanded altar. Dalaison 418 (D120/R333) otherwise unpublished.Text
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Dalaison 494Caracalla AE28 of Pontos, Amaseia. Year 208 = 207/208 AD. AU KAI M AUR ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / ADP CEY ANT AMACIAC MHT NE PP, PON (in ex.), Caracalla & Geta togate, standing facing each other, clasping hands, each holding scroll; date ET CQ and star in left field. SNG Leypold 20.TextImage
RecGen 65Pontus, Amasia. Caracalla AE 31mm of Amasia, Pontus. Dated CY 208 (208/9 AD). AV KAI M AVP ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / ADP CEV ANT AMACIAC MH NE PR P, Tyche standing left, holding rudder & cornucopiae; date in right field. BMC 26v, SNGvA 6705.TextImage
RecGen 68Caracalla AE30 of Amasia, Pontos. Dated 209 AD. AV KAI M AV ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / ADR CEY ANT AMACIAC MH NE PPO, ET in field to left, CQ & star in field to right, Tyche standing left, holding rudder & cornucopiae. Lindgren I 15; RecGen 68; BMC 29; Aulock 39. TextImage
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
BMC 39Severus Alexander AE 38mm of Amasia, Pontus. Dated CY 228 = 228/9 AD. AVT K M AVP CEOVEPOC ALEXANDPOY. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / ADP CEV ALT AMACIAC MHT NE PP PON, ET C-KH, high altar upon which eagle stands facing; above, Sol in facing quadriga, holding whip(?); tree to left of altar. RG 101.TextImage
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SNGvA 42Severus Alexander AE 34mm of Amasia, Pontus. Dated CY 228 = 228/9 AD. AVT K CEOVEPOC ALEXANDPOY, laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / (...) AMACIAC MHT NE PON, ET-CK/H, Tyche standing left holding rudder & cornucopiae. SNG von Aulock 42; SNG Righetti 554; Lindgren I 1393.TextImage
See also: Search the Perseus Project database for coins of Amaseia
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Entry for amaseia on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Amasia in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
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