RPC III, 1297

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1297
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Uncertain
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait
Dating Trajan/Hadrian
Obverse inscription [ΑΜΙϹ]ΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΗΡΑϹ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ Ἐλευθέρας Ἀμισοῦ Ἐλευθέρας
Translation of free Amisus
Obverse design helmeted and draped bust of Athena, right
Reverse inscription [Ϲ]ΕΒΑϹ-ΤΟΥ
Edition Σεβαστοῦ Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Augustus
Reverse design Nike standing left, holding wreath and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 5.86 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 68
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This coin was omitted from RPC I (see p. 359 [a]) because its ethnic suggests a date no earlier than the reign of Trajan. It is here loosely given to the reigns of Trajan or Hadrian
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18242591, Löbb. Rec. Pl. VIII, 18