RPC III, 1293

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1293
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
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 draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΘ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξθʹ
Translation of free Amisus, year 169
Reverse design Isis standing left, holding sistrum in right hand and basket in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.12 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 97, Nordbø 7b, 216–9
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1929,1013.475 Nordbø pl. 2, 216
2 2     P: N 7223/1165 (ex Grand Duc)
3 3     B: Löbb. Rec pl. IX, 16 rev.
4 4     A: 690
5 5     NY: 1944.100.41358