RPC III, 1245

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1245
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 163 (ΡΞΓ)
Dating AD 131/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π ΥΠ Γ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ιανὸς) Αδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος) ὕπ(άτος) γ´
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland, consul for the third time
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΓ
Edition Ἀμίσου ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξγʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 163
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike on extended right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.57 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec. 79, Nordbø 1a, 1–4
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1980,0618.2
2 2     ✸ P: 317 Wa 46
3 3     B: Rauch ZfN 20 (1897), Taf. IX, 7
4 4     NY: 1944.100.41346, 8.25 Nordbø pl. 1, 3
5 5     Formerly Prowe coll. ( = Rec. pl. Supp. H, 3)