RPC III, 1253

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1253
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 165 (ΡΞΕ)
Dating AD 133/4
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 ΡΞΕ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξεʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 165
Reverse design Dionysus naked standing facing, head left, pouring wine over altar from cantharus held in right hand, left resting on thyrsus; at his feet, left, panther left
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.52 g
Reference Rec. 84, Nordbø 3a, 94–95
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 90 (and pl. IV, 11 rev. = Nordbø pl. 1, 94)
2 2     ✸ P: 324 Rec pl. IX, 3 rev.