RPC III, 1256

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1256
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 Demeter veiled standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn in right hand, left resting on torch
Metal silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 2.68 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec. 86, Nordbø 3c, 102–13
Specimens 25 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 91 (and pl. IV, 10)
2 2     L: 1929,1013.469
3 3     L: 1979,0101.1177 ex vA 6741
4 4     P: 327
5 5     P: 1973.1.357
6 6     Cop SNG 182
7 7     V: GR 31104
8 8     V-ON SNG Leypold 26
9 9     B: 1925/17
10 10     B: Rauch
11 11     Warsaw: 59003
12 12     Budapest Nordbø pl. 1, 103
13 13     Budapest
14 14     Istanbul
15 15     NY: 1944.100.41354
16 16     Peus, FPL 39, May 1975, lot 206
17 17     Hauck and Aufhäuser 18, 5–6 Oct. 2004, lot 467
18 18     CNG EA 223, 2 Dec. 2009, lot 342
19 19     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8–9 Mar. 2010, lot 1583
20 20     ✸ CNG EA 243, 17 Oct. 2010, lot 245
21 21     CNG EA 276, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 290
22 22     SHH 3760
23 23     CGT coll. (ex CNG 358, 26 Aug. 2015, lot 232)
24 24     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2527 = ETB coll. = Zeus EA 12, 28 Aug. 2020, lot 1670
25 25     priv Coll H.I.