RPC III, 1254

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1254
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 head of Hadrian, left
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΕ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξεʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 165
Reverse design Apollo naked standing left, holding laurel-branch in right hand, left arm resting on tripod
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.69 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec. 85, Nordbø 3b, 96–97
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1929,1013.468 Nordbø pl. 1, 96
2 2     B: Löbb. ZfN 20 (1897), pl. IX, 5 = Rec pl. IX, 5
3 3     Dresden: AAB 3030
4 4     Z. Marinkevich coll. (Kiev, Ukraine)