RPC III, 1279

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1279
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 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 ΡΞΖ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξζʹ Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξζʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 167
Reverse design Hera standing left, wearing diadem, holding apple in right hand and sceptre in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.53 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec. 91, Nordbø 5b, 165–9
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 330 Rec pl. IX, 11 rev. = Nordbø pl. 2, 167
2 2     P: N 7223/1160 (ex Grand Duc)
3 3     B: 4452 JF
4 4     V: GR 31174
5 5     NY: 1944.100.41356