RPC III, 1259


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Coin type
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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
Edition	Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας
Translation	of free Amisus
Obverse design	turreted bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription	ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΕ
Edition	ἔτους ρξεʹ
Translation	of year 165
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
Average weight	5.49 g
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