RPC IX, 1233

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1233
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Aemilian
Issue Year ϹΠΔ = 284
Dating AD 253
Obverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας
Translation of free Amisus
Obverse design head of Dionysus wearing ivy-leaf crown, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ϹΠΔ
Edition ἔτους σπδʹ
Translation year 284
Reverse design filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.27 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 63
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Grand Duc 1223
2 2     B: I-B KM p. 2, no. 6, pl. I.2
3 3     ✸ Dorney 14, 31 Jan. 2023, lot 260