RPC III, 1238

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1238
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 138 (ΡΛH)
Dating AD 106/7
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ] ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καὶσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικός
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΛΗ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρλθʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 138
Reverse design Heracles standing left, his right hand resting on club, wearing lion skin on left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.69 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 77c corr.
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note The description of Rec is as follows: Heracles holding Hylas under his l. arm
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: N 7223/1140 (ex Grand Duc)
2 2     ✸ P: N 7223/1141 (ex Grand Duc)
3 3     Warsaw: 66572
4 4     Warsaw: 66574
5 5     Bucharest: 411 Formerly Grand Duc ( = Rec pl. Supp. G, 29) =Sutzu = Petac 377
6 6     Triton XX, lot 619 (AK coll. 17)