RPC III, 1269

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1269
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραιανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστὸς πατὴρ πατρίδος ὕπατος γʹ Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ιανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος) ὕπ(ατος) γʹ
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 Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξϛʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 166
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.69 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec. 87, Nordbø 4c, 135–43
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0401.49
2 2     L: 1929,1013.473
3 3     C McClean 7377 (and pl. 250, 17)
4 4     Cop SNG 183 = Rec pl. IX, 7 rev.
5 5     V: GR 15113 Nordbø pl. 2, 135
6 6     V: GR 31172
7 7     NY: 1911.95.3
8 8     TM III, Viuz-Faverges hoard no. 216 and Pl. X
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 115
10 10     CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 295 (ex MM Deutschland 13, Righetti coll., 9 Oct. 2003, lot 243)