RPC III, 960A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 960A
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Reverse legend Cos III
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG P MAX TRI POT COS III P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Trai(anus) Hadrianus Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) Max(imus) Tri(bunicia) Pot(estate) Co(n)s(ul) III P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian, Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power, consul for the third time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COS - III
Edition Co(n)s(ul) III
Translation Consul for the third time
Reverse design legionary eagle (aquila) between two standards, one (l.) surmounted by hand and the other (r.) surmounted by banner
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.83 g
Axis 6
Reference Metcalf —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The attribution to the Koinon of Bithynia requires confirmation. One would normally have expected the dative case for the obverse in Bithynia.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 3027 = ETB coll.