RPC III, 1279

 

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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 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 ΡΞΖ
Edition 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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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