RPC III, 1257

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1257
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 165 (ΡΞE)
Dating AD 133/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π ΥΠ Γ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ιανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος) ὕπ(ατος) γʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland, consul for the third time
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, sometimes with small aegis on left shoulder
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 2.64 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec. 86, Nordbø 3c, 114–22
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 326 Rec pl. IX, 6 rev.
2 2     P: N 7223/1156 (ex Grand Duc)
3 3     Brussels
4 4     Cop SNG 181
5 5     V: GR 15115
6 6     Milan: Laffranchi 12116
7 7     B: I-B
8 8     ✸ Amsterdam: 1973-0018 Nordbø pl. 1, 117
9 9     Budapest
10 10     Warsaw: 59002
11 11     NY: 1984.44.13
12 12     Freeman and Sear MBS 17, 15 Dec. 2009, lot 338
13 13     Münster: 1338
14 14     priv Coll H.I., ex Hirsch 173, lot 771