RPC III, 1251

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1251
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 164 (ΡΞΔ)
Dating AD 132/3
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
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΔ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξδʹ
Translation of Amisus, free, of year 164
Reverse design Poseidon standing left, right foot on prow, right, holding dolphin in right hand, left resting on trident
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.22 g
Reference Rec. 82, Nordbø 2a, 63–69
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1929,1013.467
2 2     L: 1922,1020.175
3 3     O
4 4     ✸ P: 321 Nordbø pl. 1, 65
5 5     P: N 7223/1153 (ex Grand Duc)
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: I-B, 5.77 Rec pl. IX, 1
8 8     Bern: Righetti 557