RPC III, 1275

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1275
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 167 (PΞΖ)
Dating AD 135/6
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 bare-headed draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΖ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξζʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 167
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, his right hand resting on club, holding lion skin on left arm
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.36 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec. —, Nordbø —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bern: Righetti 558 ex Auctiones AG 8, 27–28 June 1978, lot 429