RPC III, 1292

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1292
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 169 (PΞΘ)
Dating AD 137/8
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, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΘ
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, resting on sceptre with his left hand; at his feet, Cerberus
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 98, Nordbø 7a, 211–5
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 335 Rec pl. IX, 17 rev.
2 2     P: N 7223/1164 (ex Grand Duc)
3 3     Winterthur GrMW 2374, ex Kricheldorf III, 1, 25–26 Feb. 1957, lot 1208 (but illustrated under 1209 on Tafel XXXII)
4 4     B: 1919/672
5 5     V: GR 15110
6 6     CGT coll., ex Pecunem 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 357