RPC III, 1287

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1287
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 bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΗ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξηʹ
Translation of free Amisus, year 168
Reverse design Helios standing left, holding Nike on extended right hand, left resting on spear
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.37 g
Reference Rec 96, Nordbø 6b, 182–5
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B GM pl. IV, 4