RPC III, 2915

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2915
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 bare head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΛΗ ΑΜΑϹΕΙΑϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition ἔτους ρληʹ Ἀμασείας μητροπόλεως
Translation of year 138, of Amasea metropolis
Reverse design Athena walking, right, holding spear in right hand and shield on left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.53 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 11 corr.; Dalaison 42–46
Specimens 16 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON Leypold coll. 2
2 2     B: Löbb. Rec. pl. IV, 13
3 3     Istanbul 896/34
4 4     SNG Schweiz II Righetti 540
5 5     Amasya 74.16.100
6 6     Amasya 76.3.3
7 7     Amasya 79.7.34
8 8     Amasya 82.12.1
9 9     Amasya 86.3.5
10 10     Amasya 90.7.8
11 11     Peus 366, Burstein coll., 25 Oct. 2000, lot 477
12 12     MünzZentrum 160, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 471 (ex Knopek, Dec. 1979, lot 339), ex MZ Lagerkatalog Nov./Dec. 2011, lot 406
13 13     VCoins G. Rohde 8973
14 14     CGT coll., ex G Rohde
15 15     Rönesans Salzgitter 1, 3 June 2023, lot 404 (ex Aquila Numismatics 8, 14 Jan. 2023, lot 250)
16 16     ✸ R. Pudill coll.