RPC III, 1290

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1290
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 ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π ΥΠ Γ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος) ὕπ(ατος) γʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland, consul for the third time
Obverse design bare head of Hadrian, left, with drapery on left shoulder
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 18 mm
Average weight 2.53 g
Reference Rec 95, Nordbø 6c, 194–7 corr.
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O Nordbø pl. 2, 194
2 2     ✸ P: 333 Rec pl. IX, 14 rev.
3 3     B: 1918/1513
4 4     Budapest
5 5     MünzZentrum 156, 1 Sept. 2010, lot 291
6 6     CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 407