RPC III, 1255

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1255
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 165 (ΡΞΕ)
Dating AD 133/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π ΥΠ Γ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae consul III
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞΕ
Reverse design Apollo naked standing left, holding laurel-branch in right hand, left arm resting on tripod; serpent entwined around tripod
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Reference Rec. 85, Nordbø 3b, 98–101
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     P: N 7223/1155 ex Grand Duc
3 3     B: Löbb. Nordbø pl. 1, 100
4 4     Warsaw: 85483
5 5     Istanbul
6 6     ✸ CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 975 (ex MM FPL 244, June 1964, lot 22)