RPC III, 1019

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1019
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue II. 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design bare bust of Hadrian, left, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑϹ
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of two steps; pellet between middle columns; figure (Genius?) in the pediment, between pellets; below, prow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference Rec 38
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 19
2 2     P: 174
3 3     P: 175
4 4     P: 175a
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     NFA-Leu, The Garrett coll. III, MBS 29 Mar. 1985, lot 279
7 7     Lanz 92, 4–5 June 1999, lot 584 (ex MM Numismatics Ltd I, 7 Dec. 1997, lot 180)
8 8     ✸ MM Deutschland 15, Righetti coll., 21–22 Oct. 2004, lot 277
9 9     R. Pudill coll.