RPC III, 1248

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1248
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 head of Hadrian, right, sometimes with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΓ
Edition Ἀμίσου ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξγʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 163
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated left, right resting on rudder on head, left, holding cornucopia on left arm
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.40 g
Reference Rec. 81, Nordbø 1b, 18–23
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1981,0301.9 Nordbø pl. 1, 20
2 2     L: 1929,1013.481
3 3     ✸ P: N 7223/1150 ex Grand Duc
4 4     Cop SNG 179
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7–9 Mar. 2011, lot 2075