RPC III, 960

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 960
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Tra(iano) Hadriano Aug(usto) P(atri) P(atriae)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, left
Reverse inscription BITHYNIA
Edition Bithynia
Translation Bithynia
Reverse design Bithynia standing left holding acrostolium in right and cornucopia in left, right foot on prow
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.54 g
Reference Metcalf —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 961/4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gemini II, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 401 = Stack’s Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) 174, 11 Jan. 2013, lot 5131