RPC III, 1268

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1268
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 166 (PΞΣ)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π ΥΠ Γ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραιανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστὸς πατὴρ πατρίδος ὕπατος γʹ Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ιανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος) ὕπ(ατος) γʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, father of the fatherland, consul for the third time
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΞϚ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξϛʹ Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους ρξϛʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 166
Reverse design Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus down in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.68 g
Reference Rec. —, Nordbø 142 corr.
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1265/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Warsaw: 59010
2 2     ✸ Amsterdam: GR-04978 Nordbø pl. 2, 142