RPC III, 1263

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1263
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 166 (PΞΣ)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π ΥΠ Γ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ιανὸς) Αδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος) ὕπ(άτος) γ´
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland, consul for the third time
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞϚ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξϛʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 166
Reverse design sanctuary at shore before three cliffs; lighted altar in the centre, bull at left, temple with two columns with statue of Zeus at right; dolphin in exergue
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.48 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec. 90, Nordbø 4b, 128–31
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1929,1013.472
2 2     V: GR 31106 Nordbø pl. 1, 129
3 3     ✸ B: 18264599, B-I
4 4     B: 18264601, I-B Rec pl. IX, 10 rev.
5 5     Kagan coll.