RPC III, 1289

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1289
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 head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΗ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξηʹ
Translation of free Amisus, year 168
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding patera in right hand, left resting on torch
Metal silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 2.62 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 95, Nordbø 6c, 186–93 corr.
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1929,1013.474
2 2     P: 332
3 3     P: N 7223/1163 (ex Grand Duc)
4 4     Milan: Laffranchi 12138
5 5     B: 1925/147
6 6     B: I-B (Nordbø pl. 2, 193)
7 7     V: GR 15114
8 8     Warsaw: 59006
9 9     Warsaw: 59008
10 10     Istanbul
11 11     SHH 1505
12 12     SHH 2414
13 13     ✸ Kagan coll.
14 14     CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 296 (ex MM Deutschland 13, Righetti coll., 9 Oct. 2003, lot 244)
15 15     CNG EA 279, 16 May 2012, lot 168
16 16     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2529 = ETB coll., ex Naumann 55, 2 July 2017, lot 437
17 17     Boston: 62.308