RPC III, 1259

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1259
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Issue Year 165 (ΡΞE)
Dating AD 133/4
Obverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Obverse design turreted bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΕ
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing., his right hand resting on staff, looking left at Hygieia standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Reference Rec 53a corr. and 54a
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note It is assumed here that Rec 53a, described exactly as Rec 54a, but with a different date, represent the same coins. The only coin which could be checked is P N 7223/1166, whose date is ΡΞΕ

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: N 7223/1166 ex Grand Duc
2 2     Formerly Grand Duc ( = Rec Supp. G, 15)
3 3     Formerly Prowe coll.