RPC III, 1271

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1271
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Sabina (Augusta)
Issue Year 166 (PΞΣ)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Σαβεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Sabina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sabina, right, hair falling in plait down neck
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞϚ
Edition 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 19 mm
Average weight 2.41 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec. 100, Nordbø 4c, 152–60
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 1272/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C McClean 7378 (and pl. 250, 18)
2 2     ✸ B: B-I
3 3     CGT coll., ex Pecunem 4, 2 June 2013, lot 239