RPC III, 1262

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1262
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 166 (PΞϚ)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π ΥΠ Γ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ιανὸς) Αδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος) ὕπ(άτος) γ´
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland, consul for the third time
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞϚ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξϛʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 166
Reverse design Hygieia feeding serpent from patera standing right before Asclepius standing facing, head left, his right hand resting on serpent-staff
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.51 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec. 89, Nordbø 4a, 123–27
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

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