The most convincing (?) coin of
Amandus is the one in the
Evans collection,
RIC V.2, p. 579 (commentary), p. 595/2 (
catalogue).
Sutherland gave
his advice (??) on this coin in an article with a somehow misleading title : C.H.V.
Sutherland, The
Evans collection at
Oxford.
Roman Coins of the Early Empire, NC 1944, p. 1-26, pl. I-IV, as he treats of some oddities/rarities of the
Evans collection apart of the "Early Empire" coins...
I append here Sutherland's commentary (p. 26) and the pics of the
Evans Amandus coin (pl. IV, 15-16) [Note that there is a mistake in the numbering on the plate: text p. 26 says "pl. IV, 14", which becomes 15-16 on plate IV as the obverses
and reverses of the last 2 coins of the plate have been numbered by the NC editor]
The effigy
style and the
reverse evokes a
Tetricus I radiate imitation, but the
obverse legend diverges without showing any obvious trace of retooling of a
Tetricus imitation. Webb's and Sutherland's careful British "retenue" about this coins is quite understandable...
S.
Estiot