URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1297
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Volume
III
Number
1297
Province
Bithynia-Pontus
Region
Pontus
City
Amisus
Reign
Uncertain
Issue
Coinage without imperial portrait
Dating
Trajan/Hadrian
Obverse inscription
[ΑΜΙϹ]ΟΥ Ε ΛΕ ΥΘΗΡΑϹ
Edition
Ἀμισοῦ Ἐλευθέρας
Translation
of free Amisus
Obverse design
helmeted and draped bust of Athena, right
Reverse inscription
[Ϲ]Ε ΒΑϹ-ΤΟΥ
Edition
Σεβαστοῦ
Translation
of Augustus
Reverse design
Nike standing left, holding wreath and cornucopia
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
19 mm
Average weight
6.79 g
Axis
6, 12
Reference
Rec 68
Specimens
2 (1 in the core collections)
Note
This coin was omitted from RPC I (see p. 359 [a]) because its ethnic suggests a date no earlier than the reign of Trajan. It is here loosely given to the reigns of Trajan or Hadrian
