RPC III, 1286

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1286
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 168 (PΞH)
Dating AD 136/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π ΥΠ Γ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae consul III
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, r., with small aegis on l. shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΗ
Reverse design the Dioscuri standing facing, each holding spear and sword
Metal Silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 94, Nordbø 6a, 177–81 corr.
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the new /7 the Disocuri are back-to-back
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     P: 331 Rec pl. IX, 13 rev.
3 3     ✸ P: N 7223/1161 ex Grand Duc
4 4     B: I-B Nordbø pl. 2, 177
5 5     NY: 1944.100.41357
6 6     Hamburger, Dubletten des Berliner Münzkabinetts, 29 May 1929, lot 329, 8.28 (from the Löbbecke coll.)
7 7     Private coll.