RPC III, 1258

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1258
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Issue Year 165 (ΡΞE)
Dating AD 133/4
Obverse inscription ΗΡΩϹ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ
Edition Ἥρως Ἀντίνοος Ἥρως Ἀντίνοος
Translation Hero Antinous
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, left; in front, star
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤ ΡΞΕ, ΘΕΡΜΩΔΩΝ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξε θερμώδων Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτ(ους) ρξε θερμώδων
Translation of free Amisus, of year 165, Thermodon
Reverse design river god Thermodon lying left, holding a reed in his right hand, a double axe on his left arm which rests on a vase from which runs water
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 23.09 g
Reference Blum Amisos 1, Rec. 108a
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the description of the river god Thermôdôn, see L. Robert, A travers l'Asie Mineure (Paris, 1980), pp. 191-201 ('Monnaie d'Amisos et le Thermodon'). The Paris specimen is illustrated p. 192, fig. 1
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 339a (M 6655) Blum, pl. II, 12 = Rec. pl. supp. H, 7
2 2     ✸ Bankhaus Aufhäuser 10, 5–6 Oct. 1993, lot 424