RPC III, 1257

 

Image of specimen #8

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae consul III
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, sometimes with small aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΕ
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
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec. 86, Nordbø 3c, 114–22
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)

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