RPC III, 2914

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2914
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 138 (ΡΛΗ)
Dating AD 135/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΛΗ ΑΜΑϹΕΙΑϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition ἔτους ρληʹ Ἀμασείας μητροπόλεως
Translation of year 138, of Amasea metropolis
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike on his right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.13 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 10; Dalaison 40–41
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Grand Duc 847 Dalaison 41a and Pl. 4 = SNG 886
2 2     ✸ P: 89 Dalaison 40a and Pl. 4 = SNG 885 = Wa 8
3 3     Stuttgart 9957/9 = Dalaison 40b
4 4     Peus 366, Burstein coll., 25 Oct. 2000, lot 476 = Dalaison 41b
5 5     CGT coll., ex VCoins G. Rohde 8971