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
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, with small aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΗ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξηʹ
Translation of free Amisus, year 168
Reverse design the Dioscuri standing facing, each holding spear and sword
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.70 g
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.