RPC III, 1235

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1235
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Trajan
Issue Year 130 (ΡΛ)
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Ηead of Dionysus, crowned with ivy, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙΣΟΥ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΡΛ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἔτους ρλʹ
Translation of Amisus, of year 130
Reverse design cista with half-open lid, from which a serpent issues to right; behind, thyrsus in saltire
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.23 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 51
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 305 Wa 45 = Rec pl. VIII, 9
2 2     ✸ P: N 7223/1138 (ex Grand Duc)
3 3     P: N 7223/1250 (ex Grand Duc)
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: 220/1934
6 6     Cop SNG 174
7 7     Numismatik Naumann 144, 1 Sept. 2024, lot 311