RPC III, 1288

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1288
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 bare head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΗ
Reverse design Helios standing left, holding Nike on extended right hand, left resting on spear
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference Rec 96, Nordbø 6b, 182–5
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1922,1020.176 (ex Weber = Nordbø pl. 2, 183)
2 2     ✸ P: 334 Rec pl. IX, 15 rev.
3 3     P: N 7223/1162 (ex Grand Duc)
4 4     Warsaw: 85327
5 5     Giessener Münzhandlung 90, 12–13 Oct. 1998, lot 574